Cancer knowledge and disparities in the information age

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Viswanath, K ^a,e   Breen, Nancy ^b   Meissner, Helen ^b   Moser, Richard P ^b   Hesse, Bradford ^b   Steele, Whitney Randolph ^c   Rakowski, William ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUNBURN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNBURN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745392194     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730600637426     Document Type: Review

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