Factors associated with breast self-examination among Malaysian women teachers;Facteurs associés à l'auto-examen des seins chez des enseignantes malaisiennes

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 509-516

  Parsa, P ^a   Kandiah, M ^b   Parsa, N ^b  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; MALAYSIA; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENSTRUATION; PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; RELIGION; TEACHER; TELEVISION;

EID: 79959751498     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.6.509     Document Type: Article

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