Manipulating Perceptions of Colorectal Cancer Threat: Implications for Screening Intentions and Behaviors

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-228

  Lipkus, Isaac M ^a,c   Green, Lasonya G ^a   Marcus, Alfred ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMC Cancer Center   (United States)

^c Box 34 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0043204643     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730305684     Document Type: Article

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