Mammography screening: Female doctors' attitude and practice in sana'a, yemen

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 743-746

  Al Naggar, Redhwan Ahmed ^a   Isa, Zaleha Md ^b   Shah, Shamsul Azhar ^b   Chen, Robert ^c   Kadir, Samiah Yasmin Abdul ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Female doctors; Mammography screening; Practice; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YEMEN;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YEMEN;

EID: 77952305412     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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