Research in action: Mammography utilization following breast cancer awareness campaigns in Lebanon 2002-05

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-18

  Adib, Salim M ^a   Sabbah, M A ^a   Hlais, S ^a   Hanna, P ^b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AGE; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEBANON; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN;

EID: 67649884988     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.1.6     Document Type: Article

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