Family and friends with disease:: Their impact on perceived risk

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 242-249

  Montgomery, Guy H ^a   Erblich, Joel ^a   DiLorenzo, Terry ^b   Bovbjerg, Dana H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colon cancer; Diabetes; Family history; Gender; Heart disease; Perceived risk; Prevention; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0043166864     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00120-8     Document Type: Article

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