Knowledge and practices on breast and cervical cancer screening methods among female health care workers: A Sri Lankan experience

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1193-1196

  Nilaweera, R I W ^a   Perera, S ^a   Paranagama, N ^a   Anushyanthan, A S ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Health workers; Screening; Sri lankan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SRI LANKA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84873048897     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.4.1193     Document Type: Article

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