Factors for performing breast and cervix cancer screening by Iranian female workers: A qualitative-model study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1517-1522

  Keshavarz, Zohreh ^a   Simbar, Masroumeh ^a   Ramezankhani, Ali ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast and cervix screening; Female workers; Health behavior; Planned behavior model; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858018124     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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