Determining the factors that affect breast cancer and self breast examination beliefs of Turkish nurses in academia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1275-1280

  Yucel, Sebnem Cinar ^a   Orgun, Fatma ^a   Tokem, Yasemin ^b   Avdal, Elif Unsal ^b   Demir, Muzeyyen ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Nursing faculty students; Self breast examination beliefs; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); YOUNG ADULT;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896818100     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.3.1275     Document Type: Article

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