Perceptions and opinions about male breast cancer and male breast self-examination: A qualitative study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 243-246

  Al Naggar, Redhwan Ahmed ^a   Al Naggar, Dhekra Hamoud ^b  

^a MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Obstetrics and Gynecology Department   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Examination; Male breast self; Opinions; Perceptions; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864877536     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.1.243     Document Type: Article

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