Predictors of breast cancer screening uptake: A pre intervention community survey in Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3443-3449

  Dahlui, Maznah ^a   Gan, Daniel Eng Hwee ^a   Taib, Nur Aishah ^b   Pritam, Ranjit ^c   Lim, Jennifer ^d  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c Breast Cancer Welfare Association   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; BSE; CBE; Mammogram; Predictors of breast cancer screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873579275     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.7.3443     Document Type: Article

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