Adults' perceptions of the causes and primary prevention of comon fatal cancers in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1182, 2003, Pages

  Reeder, Anthony ^a   Trevena, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUN EXPOSURE; TELEPHONE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 25844446103     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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