Protection from cancer and early diagnosis applications in Izmir, Turkey: A pilot study

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-213

  Sirin, Ahsen ^a,b   Atan, Senay Unsal ^b   Tasci, Emel ^b  

^a Women's Health and Diseases Nursing Department   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Early diagnosis; Protection from cancer

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBESITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF EXAMINATION; SMOKING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF-EXAMINATION; SMOKING; TURKEY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745911604     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200605000-00007     Document Type: Article

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