Knowledge, barriers and attitudes towards breast cancer mammography screening in Jordan

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3981-3990

  Abu Helalah, Munir Ahmad ^a   Alshraideh, Hussam Ahmad ^b   Al Serhan, Ala Aldeen Ahmad ^a   Kawaleet, Mariana ^a   Nesheiwat, Adel Issa ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Barriers; Breast cancer; Jordan; Mammogram; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER STAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84930156198     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.9.3981     Document Type: Article

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