Exploration of barriers to breast-self examination among urban women in Shah Alam, Malaysia: A cross sectional study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1627-1632

  Al Dubai, Sami Abdo Radman ^a   Ganasegeran, Kurubaran ^a   Alabsi, Aied M ^b   Manaf, Mohd Rizal Abdul ^b   Ijaz, Sharea ^c   Kassim Saba, S ^c  

^a MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Breast self examination; Malaysia; Urban women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MARITAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873041991     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.4.1627     Document Type: Article

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