Knowledge and beliefs about smoking and cancer among women in five European countries

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2811-2820

  Li, Qian ^a,b   Dresler, Carolyn ^c   Heck, Julia E ^d   Allwright, Shane ^e   Haglund, Margaretha ^f   Sanchez, Sara ^g   Kralikova, Eva ^h   Stucker, Isabelle ⁱ   Tamang, Elizabeth ^j   Gritz, Ellen R ^k   Hashibe, Mia ^a,l  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^g Health Professionals Against Tobacco   (Sweden)

^h CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ INSERM   (France)

^j Regione Del Veneto Direzione Prevenzione   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER RISK; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SMOKING;

EID: 78549267896     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0432     Document Type: Article

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