Perceived ambiguity about cancer prevention recommendations: Relationship to perceptions of cancer preventability, risk, and worry

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 51-69

  Han, Paul K J ^a   Moser, Richard P ^a   Klein, William M P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745377896     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730600637541     Document Type: Article

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