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Burak, Lydia; Boone, Barbara – American Journal of Health Education, 2008
Background: Although breast cancer prevention should begin in youth, many young women are not aware of the modifiable lifestyle risk factors for the disease. Purpose: The purposes of this study were to examine the breast cancer-related knowledge, behaviors, and beliefs of young women; to determine whether knowledge about lifestyle risks was…
Descriptors: Health Education, Females, Cancer, Risk
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Shultz, Kenneth S.; Wang, Mo – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2007
Physical health has consistently been shown to strongly influence the retirement decision-making process. Unfortunately, "physical health" is typically operationalized in global terms. As a result, we know little about the specific aspects of physical health that influence the decision to retire. Therefore, in the present study, data from three…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Diseases, Retirement, Career Change
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Motiwala, Sanober S.; Croxford, Ruth; Guerriere, Denise N.; Coyte, Peter C. – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2006
Place of death was determined for all 58,689 seniors (age greater than or equal to 66 years) in Ontario who died during fiscal year 2001/2002. The relationship of place of death to medical and socio-demographic characteristics was examined using a multinomial logit model. Half (49.2 %) of these individuals died in hospital, 30.5 per cent died in a…
Descriptors: Dementia, Foreign Countries, Resource Allocation, Probability