Breast self-examination: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among female health care workers in Tehran, Iran

Breast Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 222-225

  Haji Mahmoodi, Mehregan ^a   Montazeri, Ali ^a,b   Jarvandi, Soghra ^a   Ebrahimi, Mandana ^a   Haghighat, Shahpar ^a   Harirchi, Iraj ^a  

^a Iranian Center for Breast Cancer   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Iran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MASTALGIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036321896     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2002.08406.x     Document Type: Article

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