Awareness and knowledge of breast cancer and mammography among a group of malaysian women in shah alam

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2531-2538

  Al Dubai, Sami Abdo Radman ^a   Qureshi, Ahmad Munir ^b   Saif Ali, Riyadh ^c   Ganasegeran, Kurubaran ^c   Alwan, Mohanad Rahman ^a   Hadi, Jalal Ibrahim Shawqi ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Breast cancer; Knowledge; Malaysian women; Mammography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858253802     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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