Knowledge, attitude and preventive practices for breast cancer among Health Care Professionals at Aga Khan Hospital Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 474-478

  Kumar, Shiyam ^a   Imam, Ayesha Mallick ^b   Manzoor, Nauman Fazal ^b   Masood, Nehal ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENARCHE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMAN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67651173012     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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