Cancer survivorship, mor(t)ality and lifestyle discourses on cancer prevention

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-364

  Bell, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diet; Exercise; Lifestyle; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SELF HELP; SOCIOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77954701740     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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