The contribution of nursing to cancer prevention

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 169-177

  Cutler, Lee R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer prevention; Cervical cancer; Health; Health promotion; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032616975     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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