Efficacy of the health belief model for predicting intention to pursue genetic testing for colorectal cancer

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-186

  Cyr, Amanda ^a   Dunnagan, Tim Allen ^b   Haynes, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Health belief model; Predicting genetic testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953079083     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-009-9271-7     Document Type: Article

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