Social support and breast self-examination

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-48

  Wagle, Ann ^a   Komorita, Nori I ^b   Jane Lu, Zxy Yann ^c  

^a Danville Area Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Breast self examinations; Social support; Women

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF EXAMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031014762     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199702000-00006     Document Type: Review

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