Breast cancer: Attitude, knowledge and practice of breast self examination of 157 Saudi women

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-13

  Kashgari, Rashad Habibulla ^a   Ibrahim, Abdulbari Mohammed ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

attitude; Breast cancer; Breast self examination; knowledge; practice and education

Indexed keywords

EID: 29044450209     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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