Self reported morbidity and awareness regarding common cancers in elderly women

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-111

  Aswathy, S ^a   Sumithra, S ^a   Valsala, L S ^a   Sandheep, S ^a   Lohidas, V ^a   Shobha, P ^a   George, S ^a   Francis, P ^a   Rajeev, N S ^a   Johnson, A J ^a  

^a Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University   (India)

Author keywords

Common cancers; Elderly women; Self reported morbidity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACKACHE; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846379909     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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