Attitudes to cancer and cancer prevention: What do people aged 35-54 years think?

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 769-777

  Keeney, S ^a   Mckenna, H ^a   Fleming, P ^a   Mcilfatrick, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cancer; Cancer prevention; Demographics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN IRELAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79955670382     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2009.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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