What do cancer survivors believe causes cancer? (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-123

  Wold, Kimberly S ^a   Byers, Tim ^b   Crane, Lori A ^c   Ahnen, Dennis ^d  

^a University of Colorado Cancer Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Cancer

Indexed keywords

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILIAL CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SITTING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STRESS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 18844383999     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-004-2414-0     Document Type: Review

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