Health beliefs and breast self-examination in a sample of Turkish women academicians in a University

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-218

  Ceber, Esin ^a   Yücel, Ummahan ^a   Mermer, Gülengül ^a   Özentürk, Gülsün ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Barriers; Breast cancer; Confidence; Health belief model; Screening; Self examination

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650898916     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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