Men's knowledge and attitude towards breast cancer in Saudi Arabia a cross-sectional study

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 547-550

  Al Amoudi, Samia M ^a   Abduljabbar, Hassan S ^a  

^a King Abdulaziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTALGIA; MASTECTOMY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861212320     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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