"Misfearing" - Culture, identity, our perceptions of health risks

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 595-597

  Rosenbaum, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEAR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAW; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MISFEARING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84893752409     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1314638     Document Type: Article

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