Prediction of breast self-examination in a sample of Iranian women: An application of the Health Belief Model

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tavafian, Sedigheh S ^a,b   Hasani, Laleh ^c   Aghamolaei, Teamur ^c   Zare, Shahram ^c   Gregory, David ^d  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Iranian Petroleum Industry Health Research Institute   (Iran)

^c HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IRAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549196888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-9-37     Document Type: Article

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