Testicular self-examination: change in rates of practice in European university students, from 13 countries, over a 10-year period

Journal of Men's Health and Gender

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 368-372

  Evans, Ruth E C ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health education; Self examination; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTICULAR SELF EXAMINATION; TESTIS CANCER; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 33750819121     PISSN: 15718913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhg.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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