Class, race and ethnicity and information avoidance among cancer survivors

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1949-1956

  McCloud, R F ^a,b   Jung, M ^b,c   Gray, S W ^b,d   Viswanath, K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Dongduk Women's University   (South Korea)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMPREHENSION; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SEEKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION LITERACY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84877667880     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.182     Document Type: Article

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