Cancer coverage in women's magazines: What information are women receiving?

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 240-244

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

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; GENETICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERIODICALS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031467287     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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