Lay interpersonal sources for health information related to beliefs about the modifiability of cancer risk

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1975-1983

  Ford, Beth M ^a   Kaphingst, Kimberly A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer beliefs; Cancer prevention; Information sources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; EFFECT MODIFIER, EPIDEMIOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71349085459     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9392-1     Document Type: Article

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