Breast self-examination among Saudi female nursing students in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1574-1578

  Alsaif, Abdulaziz A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISCHARGE; BREAST EXAMINATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 10644283922     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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