"I don't really know, so it's a guess": Women's reasons for breast cancer risk estimation

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 428-432

  Humpel, Nancy ^a   Jones, Sandra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Risk estimation; Risk factors; Themes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 16644388251     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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