The effects of peer education on university students' knowledge of breast self-examination and health beliefs

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-333

  Gürsoy, Ayla Akkaş ^a   Yiǧitbaş, Çǧala ^a   Yilmaz, Fatma ^a   Erdöll, Hacer ^a   Bulut, Hacer Kobya ^a   Mumcu, Havva Karadeniz ^a   Çalik, Kiymet Yeşilçiçek ^a   Kahriman, Ilknur ^a   Hintistan, Sevilay ^a   Nural, Nesrin ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PEER GROUP; STUDENTS;

EID: 73949106338     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03182390     Document Type: Article

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