Stories about breast cancer in Australian women's magazines: Information sources for risk, early detection and treatment

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 80-88

  Wilkes, Lesley ^a,b   Withnall, Janice ^a   Harris, Rebecca ^c   White, Kate ^c   Beale, Barbara ^a   Hobson, Jane ^a   Durham, Marsha ^a   Kristjanson, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Clinical Nursing Research Unit   (Australia)

^c Clinical Nursing Research Unit ^*

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Detection; Information; Media; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010615048     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ejon.2001.0126     Document Type: Article

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