What factors do cancer patients believe contribute to the development of their cancer? (New South Wales, Australia)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1503-1511

  Willcox, Simon J ^a,b   Stewart, Bernard W ^c,d   Sitas, Freddy ^a,b,e  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attributions; Cancer; Causal beliefs; Knowledge; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATION; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SMOKING HABIT; STRESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82955187706     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9824-6     Document Type: Article

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