The effects of educational level on breast cancer awareness: A cross-sectional study in Turkey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Gürdal, Sibel Özkan ^a   Saraçoǧlu, Gamze Varol ^a   Oran, Ebru Şen ^b   Yankol, Yücel ^b   Soybir, Gürsel Remzi ^a  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Champion's revised health belief model; Educational level

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864869475     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.1.295     Document Type: Article

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