Diagnosis: Breast cancer screening in rural African communities

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 185-186

  Mariani Costantini, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AFRICA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SHORT SURVEY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84875728106     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2013.38     Document Type: Short Survey

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