Patient delay among Colombian women with breast cancer;Demora en pacientes Colombianas con cáncer de mama

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 372-380

  Piñeros, Marion ^a   Sánchez, Ricardo ^a,b   Cendales, Ricardo ^a   Perry, Fernando ^a   Ocampo, Rocío ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Cancerología   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colombia; Delay; Detection; Health services; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349648624     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342009000500004     Document Type: Article

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