Knowledge, attitude about breast cancer and practice of breast cancer screening among female health care professionals: A study from Turkey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3063-3068

  Akpinar, Yeliz Yelen ^a   Baykan, Zeynep ^b   Naçar, Melis ^b   Gün, Iskender ^b   Çetinkaya, Fevziye ^b  

^a Çorum Health Province ^*  (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Female health personnel; Knowledge; Practice; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863334178     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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