Breast self-examination practice and its impact on breast cancer diagnosis in Alexandria, Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-40

  Abdel Fattah, M ^a   Zaki, A ^a   Bassili, A ^a   El Shazly, M ^a   Tognoni, G ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033755222     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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