Women's awareness, knowledge and perceived magnitude regarding common female cancers in Yangon, Myanmar

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1047-1050

  Mon, Myo Myo ^a   Mon, Mon ^a   Than, Kyu Kyu ^a  

^a Department of Medical Research ^*  (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Common female cancers; Knowledge; Myanmar women; Perceived magnitude

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956641078     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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