Knowledge and Protective Behaviors About Skin Cancer Among Nursing Students in the West Black Sea Region of Turkey

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 885-892

  Çelik, Sevim ^a   Ilçe, Arzu ^b   Andsoy, Işıl Işik ^c  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KARABUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behaviors; Knowledge; Nursing student; Skin cancer; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN TUMOR; TURKEY (BIRD); YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS, NURSING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013361097     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-017-1188-5     Document Type: Article

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