Seeking Cancer-Related Information From Media and Family/Friends Increases Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Cancer Patients

Health Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-388

  Lewis, Nehama ^a   Martinez, Lourdes S ^b   Freres, Derek R ^b   Schwartz, J Sanford ^c   Armstrong, Katrina ^b   Gray, Stacy W ^d   Fraze, Taressa ^e   Nagler, Rebekah H ^f   Bourgoin, Angel ^b   Hornik, Robert C ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^f DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FRIENDS; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PENNSYLVANIA; REGISTRIES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859635939     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.586990     Document Type: Article

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