Guidelines for breast cancer screening in Lebanon. Public Health Communication

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-74

  Adib, Salim M ^a,d   El Saghir, Nagi S ^b   Ammar, Walid ^c  

^a National Cancer Registry   (Lebanon)

^b Breast Cancer National Task Force   (Lebanon)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Lebanon)

^d SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SHORT SURVEY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749099547     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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