The effectiveness of an abbreviated training program for health workers in breast cancer awareness: Innovative strategies for resource constrained environments

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Mutebi, Miriam ^a   Wasike, Ronald ^a   Mushtaq, Ahmed ^a   Kahie, Aideed ^a   Ntoburi, Stephen ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b Medical statistician   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Early detection; Low and middle income; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887291357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-528     Document Type: Article

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