Screening for breast cancer in a low middle income country: Predictors in a rural area of Kerala, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1919-1924

  Sreedevi, Aswathy ^a   Quereshi, Mariya Amin ^a   Kurian, Beteena ^a   Kamalamma, Leelamoni ^a  

^a AMRITA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Kerala; Predictors; Rural India; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899092970     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.5.1919     Document Type: Article

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