Beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of turkish women about breast cancer and breast self-examination according to a turkish version of the champion health belief model scale

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5823-5828

  Erbil, Nülüfer ^a   Bölükbaş, Nurgül ^a  

^a ORDU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Champion health belief model; Early detection; Self breast examination; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874046588     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.11.5823     Document Type: Article

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