Risk Perception and Risk Communication for Cancer Screening Behaviors: a Review
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Risk perception and risk communication for cancer screening behaviors: a review.
This review summarizes and synthesizes research findings on risk perception and risk communication related to cancer screening behaviors. The focus is on cancers for which there is evidence that screening reduces mortality, i.e., cervical, breast, and colorectal cancers. The following questions are addressed: 1) Is perceived risk associated with relevant cancer screening behaviors? 2) What fact...
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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI Monographs
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1052-6773,1745-6614
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jncimonographs.a024184