Effect of a breast cancer health education program on the awareness and practice of jeddah female secondary school students

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Gandeh, Mohammad B S ^a   Milaat, Waleed A ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; breast self examination; health education; student knowledge.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880274841     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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