Evaluation of breast cancer awareness among female university students in Malaysia

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-34

  Hadi, Muhammad A ^a   Hassali, Mohamed A ^b   Shafie, Asrul A ^b   Awaisu, Ahmed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Breast neoplasms; Breast self examination; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALAYSIA; PERCEPTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 77950541504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552010000100003     Document Type: Article

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