Breast cancer screening barriers: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of women toward breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-116

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   El Ayoubi, Hanadi R ^c,d   Basha, Basma ^c   Joseph, Sharen ^c   Chouchane, Lotfi ^c  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^d HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; QATAR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QATAR;

EID: 79251505245     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2010.01035.x     Document Type: Letter

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