Knowledge and attitudes of breast self examination in a group of women in Shiraz, southern Iran

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1004, 2009, Pages 283-287

  Simi, A ^a   Yadollahie, M ^a   Habibzadeh, F ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IRAN; LIPOMA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67649739518     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.072678     Document Type: Article

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