It won't happen to me: Lower perception of heart disease risk among women with family histories of breast cancer

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 714-721

  Erblich, J ^a   Bovbjerg, D H ^a   Norman, C ^a   Valdimarsdottir, H B ^a   Montgomery, G H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Family history; Heart disease; Perceived risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLON CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034525642     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0765     Document Type: Article

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