Cognition of breast cancer among gestational age Turkish women: A cross-sectional study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 277-282

  Demirkiran, Fatma ^a   Ozgun, Hedef ^b   Eskin, Mehmet ^c   Turk, Gulengun ^d   Cam, Rahsan ^e   Ozgun, Özlem ^f   Demirkiran, Ahmet Ender ^a  

^a Psychiatric Nursing   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Turkey)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Turkey)

^d Fundamentals of Nursing   (Turkey)

^e ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Ataturk State Hospital Aydin   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Cognition; Gestational age

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958735990     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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