Educational intervention among barbers about liver cancer-inducing viruses: A pilot study from a developing country

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 632-636

  Krishanani, Mukesh Kumar ^a   Qidwai, Waris ^a   Ali, Badar Sabir ^a   Khuwaja, Ali Khan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Barbers; Educational intervention; HBV; HCV; Liver cancer inducing viruses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; HAIRDRESSER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATHOGENICITY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARBERING; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951719591     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0086-x     Document Type: Article

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