Knowledge attitude and practice about breast cancer among civil servants in Benin City, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 192-197

  Osime, O Clement ^a   Okojie, O ^a   Aigbekaen, E T ^a   Aigbekaen, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Civil servants; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; NIGERIA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67651176190     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55654     Document Type: Article

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