Barriers to mammography among women attending gynecologic outpatient clinics in Tehran, Iran

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 5803-5811

  Ahmadian, Maryam ^a   Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi ^a   Redzuan, Ma'rof ^a   Emby, Zahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attitudinal; Breast cancer; Logistic barriers; Mammography

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755166601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/SRE11.1384     Document Type: Article

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