Lack of colon cancer coverage in seven women's magazines

Women and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 57-68

  Gerlach, Karen K ^a   Marino, Christina ^a   Weed, Douglas L ^a,b   Hoffman Goetz, Laurie ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cancer Prev Contr Fellowship Prog ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER THERAPY; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PERIODICALS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031441235     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v26n02_04     Document Type: Article

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