Seeking cancer-related information from media and family/friends increases fruit and vegetable consumption among cancer patients.

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Published in Health Commun on September 20, 2011

Authors

Nehama Lewis1, Lourdes S Martinez, Derek R Freres, J Sanford Schwartz, Katrina Armstrong, Stacy W Gray, Taressa Fraze, Rebekah H Nagler, Angel Bourgoin, Robert C Hornik

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. nehamalewis@gmail.com

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