Asian Nursing Research
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 71-80 , June 2009

Mammography Use and Its Demographic Correlates Among Women in South Korea

  • Eunyoung E. Suh, PhD, FNP, RN

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
  • ,
  • Sunhee Park, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Sunhee Park, PhD, RN, College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

Received 3 February 2009 ,Revised 9 February 2009 ,Accepted 28 May 2009.

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PII: S1976-1317(09)60018-9

doi: 10.1016/S1976-1317(09)60018-9

Asian Nursing Research
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 71-80 , June 2009