Australian women's perceptions of breast cancer risk factors and the risk of developing breast cancer

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 353-360

  Jones, Sandra C ^a   Magee, Christopher A ^a   Barrie, Lance R ^a   Iverson, Don C ^a,b   Gregory, Parri ^a   Hanks, Emma L ^c   Nelson, Anne E ^c   Nehill, Caroline L ^c   Zorbas, Helen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b ILLAWARRA HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TELEPHONE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052344688     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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