Breast self-examination among Polish women of procreative age and the attached significance

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-68

  Łepecka Klusek, Celina ^a,b   Jakiel, Grzegorz ^a   Krasuska, Małgorzata E ^a   Stanisławek, Andrzej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health; Prophylactic behavior of women; Self examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCUPATION; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33846411483     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200701000-00012     Document Type: Article

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