Perceived cancer risk: Why is it lower among nonwhites than whites?

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 746-754

  Orom, Heather ^a   Kiviniemi, Marc T ^a   Underwood III, Willie ^a,b   Ross, Levi ^a,b   Shavers, Vickie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEIVED CANCER RISK; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; RISK;

EID: 77949675345     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-1085     Document Type: Article

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