Nota penyelidikan/research note the socioeconomic impacts of breast cancer on breast cancer patients in Penang

Kajian Malaysia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-136

  Hwa, Yen Siew ^a   Shatar, Aishah Knight Abd ^a   Hashim, Hasnah ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer patients; Socioeconomic impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858387293     PISSN: 01274082     EISSN: 1985837X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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