Passing years, changing fears? Conceptualizing and measuring risk perceptions for chronic disease in younger and middle-aged women

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-138

  Hamilton, Jada G ^a,b   Lobel, Marci ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk perception Perceived vulnerability Chronic disease Women's health Structural equation Modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84863781228     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9342-8     Document Type: Article

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