Factors related to incomplete treatment of breast cancer in Kumasi, Ghana

Breast

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 821-828

  Obrist, Mark ^a   Osei Bonsu, Ernest ^b   Awuah, Baffour ^b   Watanabe Galloway, Shinobu ^a   Merajver, Sofia D ^c,d   Schmid, Kendra ^a   Soliman, Amr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Breast cancer; Ghana; Incomplete treatment factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE TREATMENT; ISLAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR; TRADITIONAL HEALER; VERY ELDERLY; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; ISLAM; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921976573     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2014.08.014     Document Type: Article

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