Social factors that impact women's practice of breast self-examination: A challenge to the transfer of training literature

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 538-549

  London, Patricia A ^a   Flannery, Daniele D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body regions; Information transfer; Social behaviour; Training; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104436     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590410549966     Document Type: Article

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