Bridging differential understanding of environmental risk of breast cancer: Why so hard?

Critical Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-350

  Potts, Laura ^a   Dixey, Rachael ^b   Nettleton, Sarah ^c  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Epidemiology; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; EPISTEMOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 37549012197     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590701772855     Document Type: Article

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