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Published on 31.07.09 in Vol 11, No 3 (2009): Jul-Sep

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Works citing "What Is My Cancer Risk? How Internet-Based Cancer Risk Assessment Tools Communicate Individualized Risk Estimates to the Public: Content Analysis"

Erika A. Waters, Helen W. Sullivan, Wendy Nelson, Bradford W. Hesse

J Med Internet Res 2009 (Jul 31); 11(3):e33 

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  3. Kulkarni S, Lewis K, Arp Adams S, Brandt HM, Lead JR, Ureda JR, Fedrick D, Mathews C, Friedman DB. A Comprehensive Analysis of How Environmental Risks of Breast Cancer Are Portrayed on the Internet. American Journal of Health Education 2018;49(4):222
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  6. Waters EA, McNeel TS, Stevens WM, Freedman AN. Use of tamoxifen and raloxifene for breast cancer chemoprevention in 2010. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2012;134(2):875
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  22. Killam HW, Han PK. Presenting Health Statistics on the Web. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 2013;2(1):43
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According to Crossref, the following books are citing this article (DOI 10.2196/jmir.1222):

  1. Waters EA, Fagerlin A, Zikmund-Fisher BJ. Handbook of Health Decision Science. 2016. Chapter 19:265
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