Lack of acknowledgment of fruit and vegetable recommendations among nonadherent individuals: Associations with information processing and cancer cognitions

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 103-115

  Cerully, Jennifer L ^a,c   Klein, William M P ^a   McCaul, Kevin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEOPLASM; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

COGNITION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION POLICY; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 33745414338     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730600637491     Document Type: Article

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