Testicular cancer and testicular self-examination: Knowledge and attitudes of adolescent Swedish men

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 256-262

  Rudberg, Lennart ^a,b   Nilsson, Sten ^d   Wikblad, Karin ^c   Carlsson, Marianne ^b  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescent men; Attitude; Knowledge; Testicular cancer; Testicular self examination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELF EXAMINATION; SWEDEN; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-EXAMINATION; SWEDEN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23244432852     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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