Associations between perceived cancer risk and established risk factors in a national community sample

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Honda, Keiko ^a   Neugut, Alfred I ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Perceived risk; Risk factors; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142761576     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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