Breast-cancer awareness in low-income countries

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 274-275

  Panieri, Eugenio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84875814006     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70020-2     Document Type: Letter

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