Investigation of the frequency of testicular self examination performance in young adult males

Gulhane Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-25

  Göçgeldi, Ercan ^a   Koçak, Necmettin ^a   Ulus, Serdar ^a   Yeǧiner, Cenk ^a   Başal, Şeref ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Soldier; Testicular cancer; Testicular self examination; Young adult man

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958728666     PISSN: 13020471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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