Knowledge of Breast cancer and screening practices among Iranian immigrant women in Toronto

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-273

  Vahabi, Mandana ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast awareness; Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Clinical breast examination; Iranian immigrant women; Screening mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79956159134     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-010-9307-9     Document Type: Article

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