Comparison of knowledge and practices of breast self examination (BSE): A pilot study in Turkey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1417-1420

  Taşçi, Ayşen ^a   Usta, Yasemin Yildirim ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955971124     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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