Knowledge of secondary-school female students on breast cancer and Breast Self-Examination in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 338-344

  Milaat, W A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENTS; WOMEN;

EID: 0034158514     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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