Iranian women's perception and beliefs about breast cancer

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 817-830

  Vahabi, Mandana ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77955113868     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399331003725515     Document Type: Article

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