Fear of cancer and knowledge of cancer: A review and proposed relevance to hazardous waste sites

Cancer is a disease that is widely feared because of its prevalence and incidence, its widespread causes (heredity, environment, lifestyle) and the belief that ‘everything causes cancer’. We review evidence on knowledge of cancer and find that knowledge is very limited. Then we examine factors that...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social science & medicine (1982) 1990, Vol.31 (1), p.81-90
Hauptverfasser:	Berman, Steven H., Wandersman, Abraham
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Attitude to Health Biological and medical sciences Cancer cancer fear of cancer knowledge of cancer hazardous wastes cancer phobia cancer phobia Fear Fear & phobias fear of cancer Hazardous materials Hazardous Waste - adverse effects hazardous wastes Health Behavior Humans knowledge of cancer Medical sciences Neoplasms - psychology Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Social research United States Waste management
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