Awareness and prevalence of mammography screening and its predictors - A cross sectional study in a primary care clinic in Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 8095-8099

  Yusof, Azianey ^a   Chia, Yook Chin ^a   Hasni, Yasmin Mohd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Research and Development Unit Maritime Transport Training Institute Marine Department   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer awareness; Breast examination; Malaysia; Mammography; Predictors; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER STAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84908374980     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.19.8095     Document Type: Article

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