College Students' Perceived Disease Risk Versus Actual Prevalence Rates
Keywords: CHRONIC DISEASE PREVALENCE; COLLEGE STUDENTS; KNOWLEDGE OF RISK FACTORS
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; or [email protected], Email: [email protected] 2: Doctoral Student, Health Services Research, Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX 3: Assistant Professor, Department of Health & Kinesiology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 4: Assistant Professor, Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 5: Regents Professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, Department of Social & Behavioral Health, College Station, TX
Publication date: 01 January 2012
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