Beliefs and behavior of Malaysia undergraduate female students in a public university toward breast self-examination practice

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-61

  Akhtari Zavare, Mehrnoosh ^a   Juni, Muhamad Hanafiah ^a   Md Said, Salmiah ^a   Ismail, Irmi Zarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Health belief model; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877143642     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.1.57     Document Type: Article

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