Health care provider's role in facing the future burden of breast cancer in Saudi

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1359-1362

  Al Amoudi, Samia M ^a   Sait, Wafa A ^a   Abduljabbar, Hassan S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79551633132     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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