Patient delay factors in women presenting with breast cancer in a low income country Cancer

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Odongo, J ^a   Makumbi, T ^a   Kalungi, S ^b   Galukande, M ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Advanced disease; Breast cancer; Patient delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTOR; UGANDA;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84942294270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1438-8     Document Type: Article

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