What causes cancer? Reports from sixth-grade girls

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 142-146

  Nichols, Hazel B ^a   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a,b   Newcomb, Polly A ^a,c   Yanke, Lucinda ^d   Remington, Patrick L ^b   Love, Richard R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d Reedsburg Area School District   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIET; DRUG USE; EXERCISE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33847619303     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15430154jce2103_11     Document Type: Article

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