Population Risk, Actual Risk, Perceived Risk, and Cancer Control: a Discussion
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Population risk, actual risk, perceived risk, and cancer control: a discussion.
Given the difficulty of converting population-based estimates of cancer risk into precise statements of individual risk, it is not surprising that (a) individual differences in risk perception are at best poorly correlated to the best available determination of "actual risk" and to behaviors to prevent and detect and treat cancer, and (b) success in bringing perceived risk into line with actual...
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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI Monographs
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1052-6773,1745-6614
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jncimonographs.a024214