Student nurses' breast self-examination health beliefs, attitudes, knowledge, and performance during the first year of a preregistration degree program

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 430-437

  Budden, Lea ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast self examination; College women; Nurses' health behaviors; Students; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033499439     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199912000-00006     Document Type: Article

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