What causes breast cancer? A systematic review of causal attributions among breast cancer survivors and how these compare to expert-endorsed risk factors

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 771-785

  Dumalaon Canaria, Jo Anne ^a   Hutchinson, Amanda D ^a,b,d   Prichard, Ivanka ^a,b,c   Wilson, Carlene ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attribution; Beliefs; Breast cancer; Cause

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST INJURY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXISTENTIAL INFLUENCE; EXPERT ENDORSED RISK FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEREDITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84904551667     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-014-0377-3     Document Type: Review

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