Lay representations of cancer prevention and early detection: Associations with prevention behaviors

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

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

^a NIH ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLON TUMOR; DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUMOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TUMOR; SMOKING;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 77949325216     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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