Breast awareness within an intellectual disability setting

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 328-336

  Kirby, Siobhan ^a   Hegarty, Josephine ^b  

^a COPE Foundation ^*  (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast awareness; Breast screening; Breast self examination; Early detection; Education; Intellectual disability; Nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955660239     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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