Radon Awareness and Reduction Campaigns for African Americans: A Theoretically Based Evaluation

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 284-303

  Witte, Kim ^a   Berkowitz, Judy M ^b   Lillie, Janet McKeon ^b   Cameron, Kenzie A ^b   Lapinski, Maria Knight ^b   Liu, Wen Ying ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; RADON; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0032087624     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819802500305     Document Type: Review

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