Knowledge of colorectal cancer screening among young Malaysians

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1969-1974

  Al Naggar, Redhwan Ahmed ^a   Bobryshev, Yuri V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Malaysia; Questionnaire; Screening; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880437479     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.3.1969     Document Type: Article

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