Overweight and obese patients do not seem to adequately recognize their own risk for colorectal cancer

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 767-773

  Leite Pereira, Fernanda ^a   Medeiros, Rui ^b   Dinis Ribeiro, Mário ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Colorectal neoplasms MeSH ; Health promotion MeSH ; Obesity MeSH ; Overweight MeSH ; Perception of risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; BODY MASS INDEX; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859911266     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-011-0231-1     Document Type: Article

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