A survey of breast cancer knowledge and attitude in Iranian women

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-49

  Nafissi, Nahid ^a,b   Saghafinia, Masoud ^b   Motamedi, Mohammad Hosein Kalantar ^b   Akbari, Mohammad Esmaeil ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; detection; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISCHARGE; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL BASED EXAMINATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860458824     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.95173     Document Type: Review

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