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Beliefs about heritability of cancer and health information seeking and preventive behaviors.

Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education - 1 Jan 2009

Kaphingst Kimberly A, Lachance Christina R, Condit Celeste M

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BACKGROUND: Individuals' beliefs about cancer heritability could affect their health information seeking and health behaviors. METHODS: Data from 5813 English-speaking adult respondents to the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey were analyzed. RESULTS: Individuals who believed that knowledge of family history or genes can reduce cancer risk were significantly more likely to have ever looked for cancer...

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PMID: 19838898
DOI: 10.1080/08858190902876304
PMCID: PMC2769023

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