Health beliefs and breast self-examination in a sample of Turkish nursing students and their mothers

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1412-1421

  Kara, Belgüzar ^a   Acikel, Cengiz Han ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Health beliefs; Nurses; Nursing; Turkish women

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549115453     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02241.x     Document Type: Article

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