Breast and cervical cancer screening among women in Jordan: Findings from the behavioural risk factor surveillance system - 2007

Open Breast Cancer Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Al Nsour, Mohannad ^a   Brown, David W ^b   Tarawneh, Mohammed ^a   Haddadin, Raja ^a   Walk, Henry ^c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

^b The Brown Consulting Group   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast self examination; Clinical breast examination; Jordan; Mammography; Population based study; Screening cancer; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; JORDAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84859499886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18768172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876817201204010001     Document Type: Article

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