Knowledge of Risk Factors & Early Detection Methods and Practices towards Breast Cancer among Nurses in Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-120

  Fotedar, Vikas ^a   Seam, Rajeev K ^a   Gupta, Manoj K ^a   Gupta, Manish ^a   Vats, Siddharth ^a   Verma, Sunita ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Knowledge; Nurses; Practices; Shimla

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877147263     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.1.117     Document Type: Article

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