Breast Cancer Knowledge and Screening Behaviors of the Female Teachers

Women and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-52

  Nur, Naim ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Knowledge; Screening behaviors; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TEACHING; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951075772     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630241003601087     Document Type: Article

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