Current knowledge, attitudes and practices of women on breast cancer and mammography at mulago hospital

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Elsie, Kiguli Malwadde ^a   Gonzaga, Mubuuke A ^a   Francis, Businge ^a   Michael, Kawooya G ^a   Rebecca, Nakatudde ^a   Rosemary, Byanyima K ^b   Zeridah, Muyinda ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mammography; Mulago hospital; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UGANDA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 79251507608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/pamj.v5i1.56186     Document Type: Article

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