Awareness and practice of breast self examination among Malaysian women with breast cancer

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 199-202

  Loh, Siew Yim ^a,b   Chew, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Breast cancer; Breast screening; Breast self examination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958730153     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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