Toward a reliable measure of breast self-examination: Attitudes and performance barriers

Evaluation Review

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 541-551

  Race, Kathryn E H ^a,b   Silverberg, Jane A ^a,c  

^a ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b St Francis Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c St Francis Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030251849     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9602000503     Document Type: Article

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