Breast screening and health issues among rural females in Malaysia: How much do they know and practice?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL, 2013, Pages

  Dahlui, Maznah ^a   Gan, Daniel Eng Hwee ^a   Taib, Nur Aishah ^b   Lim, Jennifer Nyuk Wo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Clinical breast examination; Knowledge; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; CLINICAL BREAST EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CLINICAL BREAST EXAMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAMMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880580204     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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