Perceptions of New Zealand adults about reducing their risk of getting cancer

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1258, 2007, Pages

  Trevena, Judy ^a   Reeder, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GRAIN; HEPATITIS B; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEAT; MOBILE PHONE; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN PROTECTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; TELEPHONE; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; NEOPLASM; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547404076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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