Participation and barriers to colorectal cancer screening in Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3983-3987

  Yusoff, Harmy Mohamed ^a   Daud, Norwati ^a   Noor, Norhayati Mohd ^a   Rahim, Amry Abdul ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal cancer screening; Participation; Uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873686259     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.8.3983     Document Type: Article

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