Barriers for mammography among non-adherent women in Jordan: A national survey

Life Science Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2268-2274

  Othman, Areej ^a   Ahram, Mamoun ^a   Obeidat, Rana F ^b   Obeidat, Noor ^c   Al Tarawneh, Mohammed Rasoul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b ZARQA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c King Hussein Cancer Centre   (Jordan)

^d Non Communicable Disease Directory   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Barriers; Breast Cancer; Cancer Screening; Jordan; Mammography; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888767590     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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