Factors associated with colorectal cancer risk perception: The role of polyps and family history

Health Education Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 740-749

  Stark, Jennifer Rider ^a   Bertone Johnson, Elizabeth R ^b   Costanza, Mary E ^c   Stoddard, Anne M ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33749015730     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl049     Document Type: Article

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