Determining female physicians' and nurses' practices and attitudes toward breast self-examination in Istanbul, Turkey

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1218-1221

  Çavdar, Ikabal ^a   Akyolcu, Neriman ^a   Özbaş, Ayfer ^a   Öztekin, Deniz ^a   Ayoǧlu, Tuluha ^a   Akyüz, Nuray ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; NURSE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; TURKEY;

EID: 38549140155     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.1218-1221     Document Type: Article

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