Knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices about colorectal cancer among adults in an area of Southern Italy

BMC Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sessa, Alessandra ^a   Abbate, Rossella ^a   Di Giuseppe, Gabriella ^a   Marinelli, Paolo ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BARIUM ENEMA; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRECANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIAL STATUS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 48249133638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-171     Document Type: Article

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