Delays in diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer: A multinational analysis

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 761-767

  Jassem, Jacek ^a   Ozmen, Vahit ^b   Bacanu, Florin ^c   Drobniene, Monika ^d   Eglitis, Janis ^e   Lakshmaiah, Kuntegowdanahalli C ^f   Kahan, Zsuzsanna ^g   Mardiak, Jozef ^h   Pieńkowski, Tadeusz ⁱ   Semiglazova, Tatiana ^j   Stamatovic, Ljiljana ^k   Timcheva, Constanta ^l   Vasovic, Suzana ^k   Vrbanec, Damir ^m   Zaborek, Piotr ⁿ  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Sf Maria Hospital   (Romania)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e RIGA EAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^f KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^h Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

ⁱ MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

^j N N PETROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^k INSTITUTE FOR ONCOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^l Specialized Hospital for Active Treatment of Oncology   (Bulgaria)

^m KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

ⁿ WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EXAMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRUST;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-EXAMINATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRUST;

EID: 84919790036     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt131     Document Type: Article

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