Training in clinical breast examination as part of a general surgery core curriculum

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-13

  Aliabadi Wahle, Shaghayegh ^a   Ebersole, Maiko ^a   Choe, Ella U ^a   Beech, Derrick J ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SURGERY;

EID: 0034088875     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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