Barriers to and factors facilitating breast cancer screening among Iranian women: A qualitative study

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1160-1169

  Lamyian, M ^a   Hydarnia, A ^a   Ahmadi, F ^a   Faghihzadeh, S ^a   Aguilar Vafaie, M E ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; IRAN; METHODOLOGY; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 37849032325     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2007.13.5.1160     Document Type: Article

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