Cancer Control in Low- and Middle-income Countries: The Role of Primary Care Physicians

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 455-470

  Grey, Nathan ^a   Garces, Ana ^b  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Multidisciplinary Health Institute   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Cancer control; Global; Low and middle income countries; Primary care

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67749133884     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2009.04.008     Document Type: Review

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