Breast cancer awareness of rural women in Malaysia: Is it the same as in the cities?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7161-7164

  Norlaili, Abdul Aziz ^a   Fatihah, Mohd Amin ^a   Nik Daliana, Nik Farid ^a   Maznah, Dahlui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Clinical breast examination; Rural Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893382274     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.12.7161     Document Type: Article

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