Effect of educational level on knowledge and use of breast cancer screening practices in Bangladeshi Women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-189

  Rasu, Rafia S ^a   Rianon, Nahid J ^b   Shahidullah, Sheikh M ^c   Faisel, Abu J ^c   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Engender Health Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79951801134     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2010.529213     Document Type: Article

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