'It usually happens in older women': Young women's perceptions about breast cancer

Health Education Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-257

  Johnson, Nicole ^a,b   Dickson Swift, Virginia ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b School of Public Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health education; Perceptions; Qualitative research; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COMPREHENSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TAPE RECORDER; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 57049095415     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896908097068     Document Type: Article

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