Awareness of cancer risk factors among patients and attendants presenting to a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 584-588

  Bhurgri, Hadi ^a   Gowani, Saqib Ali ^a   Itrat, Ahmed ^a   Samani, Saira ^a   Zuberi, Akbar ^a   Siddique, Momin Saulat ^a   Qidwai, Waris ^a   Bhurgri, Yasmin ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAKISTAN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049085613     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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