Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of women towards breast cancer screening;Connaissances, attitudes et comportements des femmes vis-à-vis du dépistage du cancer du sein

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 87-98

  Hsairi, M ^a   Fakhfakh, R ^a   Bellaaj, R ^b   Achour, N ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (Tunisia)

^b MILITARY HOSPITAL OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUNISIA; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARITAL STATUS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN;

EID: 16544363457     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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