Do saudi nurses in primary health care centres have breast cancer knowledge to promote breast cancer awareness?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4459-4464

  Yousuf, Shadia Abdullah ^a   Amoudi, Samia Mohammed Al ^b   Nicolas, Wafa ^c   Banjar, Hasna Erfan ^a   Salem, Safaa Mohammed ^a  

^a Faculty of Nursing Hasna Banjar Nursing Administration   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Aziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Breast cancer; Breast cancer screening; Primary health care centre; Saudi nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874004053     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.9.4459     Document Type: Article

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