Diet and colorectal cancer risk: Baseline dietary knowledge of colorectal patients

Health Education Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-253

  Dyer, K J ^a   Fearon, K C H ^b   Buckner, K ^c   Richardson, R A ^d  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Nutritional knowledge; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NUTRITION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETABLE;

EID: 4744368894     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001789690406300305     Document Type: Article

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