Factors associated with perceived risk in automotive employees at increased risk of colorectal cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-43

  Vernon, Sally W ^a   Myers, Ronald E ^a,b   Tilley, Barbara C ^a,c   Li, Shuhui ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTUM POLYP; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035136277     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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