Women's knowledge of the leading causes of cancer death

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 761-768

  Healton, Cheryl G ^a,b   Gritz, Ellen R ^c   Davis, Kevin C ^d   Homsi, Ghada ^d   McCausland, Kristen ^a   Haviland, M Lyndon ^a   Vallone, Donna ^a  

^a American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34347334509     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200701397916     Document Type: Article

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