Nursing clinical trial of breast self-examination education in China

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-134

  Liu, C Y ^a   Xia, H O ^b   Isaman, D M ^c   Deng, W ^c,d   Oakley, D ^d  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Gerontological Nurse Practitioner   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast Self Examination; China; Community; Health education; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76449086294     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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