Barriers for breast cancer screening among Asian women: A mini literature review

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-514

  Parsa, Parisa ^a   Kandiah, Mirnalini ^b   Abdul Rahman, H ^b   Mohd Zulkefli, N A ^b  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asia; Barriers; Breast cancer screening; Motivators

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MOTIVATION; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33947506214     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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