Sociodemographic characteristics of women who engage in early breast cancer diagnostic behaviors: The case of Turkish women working in a textile factory

AAOHN Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 421-428

  Gunay, Esma ^a   Beser, Ayse ^b  

^a Ye ilyurt State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855128029     PISSN: 08910162     EISSN: 19382448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/08910162-20110916-02     Document Type: Article

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