Health promotion lifestyle and cancer screening behaviors: A survey among academician women

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 515-518

  Oran, Nazan Tuna ^a   Can, Hafize Ozturk ^a   Senuzun, Fisun ^a   Aylaz, Rukiye Durmaz ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Health promotion; Mammography; Papanicalou test; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650930879     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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