Public awareness of testicular cancer and self-examination in Turkey: A multicenter study of Turkish Urooncology Society

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 386-391

  Kuzgunbay, Baris ^a   Yaycioglu, Ozgur ^a   Soyupak, Bulent ^b   Kayis, Aliye Atay ^c   Ayan, Semih ^d   Yavascaoglu, Ismet ^e   Cal, Cag ^f   Beduk, Yasar ^g   Aslan, Guven ^h   Mungan, Aydin ⁱ   Kaplan, Mustafa ^j   Muezzinoglu, Talha ^k   Bozlu, Murat ^l   Turkeri, Levent ^m  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Survey; Testicular cancer; Testicular self examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TESTICULAR SELF EXAMINATION; TESTIS CANCER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-EXAMINATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875376510     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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