Women's perceptions of heart disease and breast cancer and the association with media representations of the diseases

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2016, Pages e496-e503

  Berry, Tanya R ^a   Stearns, Jodie A ^a   Courneya, Kerry S ^a   McGannon, Kerry R ^b   Norris, Colleen M ^a   Rodgers, Wendy M ^a   Spence, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health education; Heart disease; Media; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PERCEPTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 85014512506     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv177     Document Type: Article

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