Do Knowledge, attitudes and practice of Iranian health care providers meet WHO recommendations on early detection for breast cancer?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 849-852

  Harirchi, Iraj ^a   Mousavi, Seyed Mohsen ^a,b,c   Mohagheghi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Mousavi Jarrahi, Alireza ^a   Ebrahimi, Mandana ^d   Montazeri, Ali ^e   Rahbar, Mohammad Naser ^f  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research   (Iran)

^f SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitudes and practice (KAP); Breast cancer; Health care providers; Iran; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84865767302     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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