Assessment of women's risk factors for breast cancer and predictors of the practice of breast examination in two rural areas near Ibadan, Nigeria

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-428

  Oluwatosin, O Abimbola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Clinical breast examination; Nigeria; Risk factors; Rural women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955089359     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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