Breast cancer awareness among saudi females in Jeddah

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4307-4312

  Radi, Sahar Mahmoud ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adult females; Awareness; Breast cancer; Jeddah; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885462197     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.7.4307     Document Type: Article

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