Targeting health disparity in breast cancer: Insights into women's knowledge of their cancer profile in Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 631-636

  Loh, SiewYim ^a,b   Packer, TL ^b,c   Yip, Cheng Har ^a   Passmore, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health disparity; Knowledge level; Treatment decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951112591     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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