Health beliefs of rural Appalachian women and the practice of breast self-examination

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 231-235

  Sortet, Judith P ^a   Banks, Steven R ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian culture; Breast cancer; Breast examination; Health beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APPALACHIAN REGION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0030841062     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199708000-00001     Document Type: Article

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