Mammography and mammographic screening: Are female patients at a teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, aware of these procedures?

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-129

  Akinola, Rachael ^a   Wright, Kikelomo ^a   Osunfidiya, Oludamilola ^a   Orogbemi, Olubunmi ^a   Akinola, Oluwarotimi ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Awareness; Breast cancer; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHIC SCREENING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NIGERIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956291577     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.3078-09.2     Document Type: Article

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