Pakistani urban population demonstrates a poor knowledge about cancers: A pilot survey

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 264-266

  Mazahir, Samia ^a   Nusrat, Rabeeya ^a   Bokutz, Munira ^a   Rizvi, Nida Butool ^a   Jaffer, Nadeem Nooruddin ^a   Malik, Rabia ^a   Merchant, Kanwal Aliraza ^a   Raza, Ali ^a   Maqsood, Maria ^a   Hasnain, Syed Faridul ^b   Khawaja, Muhammad Rizwanulhaq ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 57349118505     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190802432984     Document Type: Article

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