Perceived risk of colorectal cancer: Sources of risk judgments

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 694-702

  Robb, Kathryn A ^a   Miles, Anne ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247527827     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0151     Document Type: Article

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