Cancer prevention in Africa: A review of the Literature

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 31-39

  Busolo, David S ^a   Woodgate, Roberta L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Cancer; Cancer prevention

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84943177086     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975914537094     Document Type: Article

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