Austrian women's attitudes toward and knowledge of breast self- examination

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-94

  Janda, Monika ^a   Obermair, Andreas ^b   Haidinger, Gerhard ^c   Waldhoer, Thomas ^c   Vutuc, Christian ^c  

^a Austrian Cancer Society   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Dept of Epidemiol and Cancer Res ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRIA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033944868     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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