Breast cancer knowledge among Bahraini women attending primary health care centers

Bahrain Medical Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Fikree, Majida ^a   Hamadeh, Randah R ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

EID: 84867260536     PISSN: 10128298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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