Cancer awareness among adolescents in Britain: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kyle, Richard G ^a   Forbat, Liz ^a   Hubbard, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864376923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-580     Document Type: Article

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