Health Beliefs and Practice of Breast Self-Examination Among Young Cypriot Women

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 180-188

  Petro Nustas, Wasileh ^a   Tsangari, Haritini ^b   Phellas, Constantinos ^b   Constantinou, Costas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

behavior; breast cancer screening; breast self examination; Health Belief Model; perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYPRUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874607448     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659612472201     Document Type: Article

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