Literacy and breast cancer prevention: A population-based study from Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3927-3930

  Harirchi, Iraj ^a   Azary, Saeedeh ^a,b   Montazeri, Ali ^b   Mousavi, Seyed Mohsen ^a,c   Sedighi, Zahra ^a   Keshtmand, Gelavizh ^a   Zarinkolah, Zahra ^a   Soltani, S M Amin Khalifeh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer awareness; Breast self examination; Clinical breast examination; Iran; Mammography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873685006     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.8.3927     Document Type: Article

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