Sociodemographic predictors of recall and recognition of colorectal cancer symptoms and anticipated delay in help-seeking in a multiethnic Asian population

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3799-3804

  Loh, Kwong Weng ^a   Majid, Hazreen Abdul ^a   Dahlui, Maznah ^a   Roslani, April Camilla ^a   Su, Tin Tin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asia; Awareness measure; Colorectal cancer; Ethnicity; Malaysia; Rural population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882610164     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.6.3799     Document Type: Article

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