Adolescents' awareness of cancer risk factors and associations with health-related behaviours

Health Education Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 816-827

  Kyle, Richard G ^a   Nicoll, Avril ^b   Forbat, Liz ^b   Hubbard, Gill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84884484807     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyt055     Document Type: Article

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