Factors associated with breast self-examination among Jordanian women

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-271

  Petro Nustus, Wasileh ^a   Mikhail, Blanche I ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BSE; Jordanian women; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036631643     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19406.x     Document Type: Article

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