Breast cancer. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of breast self examination among women in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1737-1741

  Jahan, Saulat ^a   Al Saigul, Abdullah M ^a   Abdelgadir, Muzamil H ^a  

^a Primary Health Care Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 39049192075     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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