Factors that influence awareness of breast cancer screening among arab women in Qatar: Results from a cross sectional survey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 10157-10164

  Donnelly, Tam Truong ^a   Al Khater, Al Hareth ^b   Al Bader, Salha Bujassoum ^b   Al Kuwari, Mohammed Ghaith ^c   Malik, Mariam ^d   Al Meer, Nabila ^b   Singh, Rajvir ^b   Fung, Tak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c ASPETAR   (Qatar)

^d PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Arab women; Breast cancer; Factors influencing awareness; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QATAR; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QATAR;

EID: 84921724948     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.23.10157     Document Type: Article

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