Middle eastern asian islamic women and breast self-examination: Needs assessment

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-70

  Rashidi, Anahita ^a,c   Rajaram, Shireen S ^b  

^a Methodist Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Breast cancer; BSE; Islamic; Middle Eastern; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIDDLE EAST; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION;

EID: 0033959801     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200002000-00010     Document Type: Article

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