Knowledge and perceived risk of major diseases in middle-aged and older women

Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 346-353

  Wilcox, Sara ^a   Stefanick, Marcia L ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coronary heart disease; Disease; Mortality knowledge; Older women; Perceived risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLON CANCER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0032784829     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.18.4.346     Document Type: Article

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