Beliefs About Heritability of Cancer and Health Information Seeking and Preventive Behaviors
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Health literacy and preventive behaviors
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cancer Education
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0885-8195
DOI: 10.1080/08858190902876304