Breast self-examination: Do religious beliefs matter? A descriptive study

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-155

  Montazeri, Ali ^a   Haji Mahmoodi, Mehregan ^a   Jarvandi, Soghra ^a  

^a Iranian Center for Breast Cancer   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast self examination; Clinical breast examination; Iran; Muslim women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSLEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037665059     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdg031     Document Type: Article

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