Perceived ambiguity about cancer prevention recommendations: Associations with cancer-related perceptions and behaviours in a US population survey

Health Expectations

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-336

  Han, Paul K J ^a   Moser, Richard P ^a   Klein, William M P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Cancer prevention; Health behaviours; Perceptions; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35748971009     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2007.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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