Health beliefs and breast self-examination among female university nursing students in Turkey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 6525-6529

  Erbil, Nulufer ^a   Bolukbas, Nurgul ^a  

^a ORDU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Health belief model; Nursing students; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSING STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906827346     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.16.6525     Document Type: Article

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