Identifying women's knowledge about risk factors of breast cancer and reasons for having mammography

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4191-4197

  Guvenc, Inanc ^a   Guvenc, Gulten ^a   Tastan, Sevinc ^a   Akyuz, Aygul ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast cancer knowledge; Mammography; Risk factors; Risk perception; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873672085     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.8.4191     Document Type: Article

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