Health beliefs and mammography rates of Turkish women living in rural areas

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-175

  Avci, Ilknur Aydin ^a,b   Kurt, Hatice ^a  

^a Nursing Department

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Oncology; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TURKEY;

EID: 44349184312     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2008.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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