Gender differences in cancer mortality risk perceptions and screening behaviors among adults 40-60 years of age

International Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-63

  McCreary, Donald R ^a   Gray, Ross E ^b   Grace, Sherry L ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer mortality; Gender differences; Prostate cancer; Risk perceptions; Screening behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; MOUTH CANCER; MYELOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; TELEPHONE; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 34047096854     PISSN: 15326306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jmh.0501.53     Document Type: Article

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