Knowledge and barriers towards cervical cancer screening among young women in Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 867-873

  Al Naggar, Redhwan Ahmed ^a   Low, W Y ^b   Isa, Zaleha Md ^c  

^a MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cervical cancer screening; Knowledge; Perception; Tertiary students

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650698873     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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