Testing different formats for communicating colorectal cancer risk

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-324

  Lipkus, Isaac M ^a   Crawford, Yancey ^a   Fenn, Kathryn ^a   Biradavolu, Monica ^a   Binder, Ruth Ann ^a   Marcus, Al ^b   Mason, Mondi ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMC Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033202402     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/108107399126841     Document Type: Article

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