Beliefs about the causes of breast and colorectal cancer among women in the general population

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-107

  Wang, Catharine ^a   Miller, Suzanne M ^b   Egleston, Brian L ^b   Hay, Jennifer L ^c   Weinberg, David S ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Breast and colorectal cancer; Causal beliefs; Knowledge; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74149088173     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9439-3     Document Type: Article

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