The knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among healthcare workers in Kayseri, Turkey

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Güleser, Gülsüm Nihal ^a   Ünalan, Demet ^a   Akyildiz, Hizir Yakup ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast self examination; Healthcare workers; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TURKEY;

ADULT; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349153883     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181a2dbd2     Document Type: Article

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