Associations of perceived risk and worry with cancer health-protective actions: Data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-65

  Moser, Richard P ^a   Mccaul, Kevin ^b   Peters, Ellen ^c   Nelson, Wendy ^a   Marcus, Stephen E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral sciences; Health promotion; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COGNITION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845308264     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105307071735     Document Type: Article

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