Cancer perceptions: Implications from the 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-295

  Kowalkowski, Marc A ^a,b,c   Hart, Stacey L ^d   Du, Xianglin L ^c   Baraniuk, Sarah ^c   Latini, David M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health literacy; Illness representation; Preventive health services

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865955947     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-012-0217-y     Document Type: Article

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