Knowledge of risk factors, beliefs and practices of female healthcare professionals towards breast cancer, Morocco

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ghanem, Samia ^a   Glaoui, Meriem ^a   Elkhoyaali, Siham ^a   Mesmoudi, Mohamed ^a   Boutayeb, Saber ^a   Errihani, Hassan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Healthcare professionals; Knowledge risk factors; Mammogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE NURSE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MOROCCO; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84862266478     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/pamj.v10i0.72231     Document Type: Article

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