The relationship between self-esteem, health habits, and knowledge of BSE practice in female inmates

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-24

  Brewer, M Kathleen ^a   Baldwin, Dee ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN;

EID: 0033628922     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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