Rural women's perception of breast cancer and its early-detection measures in Ibadan, Nigeria

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 461-466

  Oluwatosin, O Abimbola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Early detection measures; Ibadan; Nigeria; Perception; Rural women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SWELLING;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33845420400     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200611000-00006     Document Type: Article

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