Public awareness of risk factors for cancer among the Japanese general population: A population-based survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Inoue, Manami ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Otani, Tetsuya ^a   Sasazuki, Shizuka ^a   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FISH; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX ROLE; SMOKING; STRESS; VIRUS INFECTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING;

EID: 31544458438     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-2     Document Type: Review

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