Perception of breast cancer screening among Iranian women without experience of mammography: A qualitative study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3965-3971

  Khazaee pool, Maryam ^a   Majlessi, Fereshteh ^a   Foroushani, Abbass Rahimi ^a   Montazeri, Ali ^a   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^b   Shojaeizadeh, Davoud ^a   Tol, Azare ^a   Salimzadeh, Hamideh ^a  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening perceptions; Iranian women; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84902668968     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.9.3965     Document Type: Article

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