Perceived risk of cancer in population samples from 5 European countries

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 747-748

  La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Anelli, Marco ^c   Zuccato, Ettore ^a   Fanelli, Roberto ^a   Sermeus, Guy ^d   Milazzo, Natalia ^c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Comitato Consumatori Altroconsumo Conseur ^*  (Italy)

^d Test Achats   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CANCER RISK; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RISK; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN;

ALCOHOLS; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PLANTS, TOXIC; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOBACCO;

EID: 0034058138     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(20000601)86:5<747::aid-ijc23>3.3.co;2-k     Document Type: Letter

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