Cancer anxiety and the perception of risk in alarmed communities

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-350

  Trumbo, Craig W ^a   McComas, Katherine A ^b   Kannaovakun, Prathana ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Clusters; Fear; Risk perception; Worry

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY THEORY; TUMORS;

ANXIETY; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; TWO-FACTOR MODEL;

RISK PERCEPTION;

CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ANXIETY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK;

EID: 34248639868     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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