Public perceptions of cancer prevention, screening, and survival: Comparison with state-of-science evidence for colon, skin, and lung cancer

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-48

  Finney Rutten, Lila ^a,d   Hesse, Bradford W ^a   Moser, Richard P ^a   Mccaul, Kevin D ^b   Rothman, Alexander J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849151347     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190802664610     Document Type: Article

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