Medical care-seeking and health-risk behavior in patients with head and neck cancer: The role of health value, control beliefs and psychological distress

Health Education Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 665-675

  Tromp, D M ^a   Brouha, X D R ^a   Hordijk, G J ^a   Winnubst, J A M ^a   Gebhardt, W A ^b   Van Der Doef, M P ^b   De Leeuw, J R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 27644453103     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyh031     Document Type: Article

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