Is breast self examination (BSE) still relevant? A study on bse performance among female staff of University of Malaya

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 369-372

  Dahlui, M ^a   Ng, C W ^a   Al Sadat, N ^a   Ismail, S ^a   Bulgiba, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast cancer awareness; BSE; CBE; Women academics in Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958813871     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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