Public Perception of Cancer Survival Rankings

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 721-729

  Jensen, Jakob D ^a   Scherr, Courtney L ^b   Brown, Natasha ^c   Jones, Christina ^b   Christy, Katheryn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; distortion; survival rates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; DISTORTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL RATES; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CANCER; DISTORTION; SURVIVAL RATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887559551     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198113477109     Document Type: Article

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