Socio-demographic factors and the practice of breast self examination and mammography by Turkish women

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-60

  Gumus, Aysun Babacan ^a   Cam, Olcay ^b   Malak, Arzu Tuna ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast self examination; Health beliefs of Turkish women; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 77955823817     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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