Knowledge about cancer screening among medical students and internal medicine residents in Mexico City

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 624-631

  Villarreal Garza, Cynthia ^a   García Aceituno, Luis ^a   Villa, Antonio R ^a   Perfecto Arroyo, Miguel ^a   Rojas Flores, Miriam ^a   León Rodríguez, Eucario ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Knowledge; Medical students; Mexico; Residents; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEXICO; NEOPLASM; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEXICO; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951723807     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0098-6     Document Type: Article

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