Evaluation of a national breast cancer information service: The Iranian experience

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 154-157

  Montazeri, Ali ^a   Haghighat, Shahpar ^a   Vahdani, Mariam ^a   Jarvandi, Soghra ^a   Harirchi, Iraj ^a  

^a Iranian Center for Breast Cancer   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Information service; Iran

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; IRAN; MALE; MASTALGIA; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032950642     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050246     Document Type: Article

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