Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Breast Cancer Screening Among Women in Jordan

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 578-592

  Othman, Areej ^a   Ahram, Mamoun ^a   Al Tarawneh, Mohammed Rasoul ^b   Shahrouri, Manal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Health Laboratory   (Jordan)

^c King Hussein Institute for Biotechnology and Cancer   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JORDAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JORDAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929030692     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2014.926900     Document Type: Article

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