Original research: Men's awareness and knowledge of male breast cancer

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 32-40

  Thomas, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer, male; breast neoplasms, male; male breast cancer; men's health; patient education; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958015712     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000389672.93605.2f     Document Type: Article

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