Practice and barriers of mammography among Malaysian women in the general population

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3595-3600

  Al Naggar, Redhwan A ^a   Bobryshev, Yuri V ^a,b  

^a MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Malaysian women; Mammogram; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873678228     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.8.3595     Document Type: Article

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