A disease many people still feel uncomfortable talking about: Australian television coverage of colorectal cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-288

  MacKenzie, Ross ^a   Chapman, Simon ^a   McGeechan, Kevin ^a   Holding, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broadcast media; Colorectal cancer; Oncology; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH PROGRAM; LIFESTYLE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLIC FIGURE; TELEVISION;

ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; TELEVISION;

EID: 77649221340     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1567     Document Type: Article

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