Cancer risk perceptions, beliefs, and physician avoidance in Appalachia: Results from the 2008 HINTS Survey

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 78-91

  Vanderpool, Robin C ^a   Huang, Bin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPALACHIAN REGION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650189545     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.522696     Document Type: Article

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