Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to breast and cervical cancers in Mongolia: A national population-based survey

Oncologist

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1266-1273

  Yerramilli, Pooja ^a   Dugee, Otgonduya ^b   Enkhtuya, Palam ^b   Knaul, Felicia M ^c   Demaio, Alessandro R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health of Mongolia   (Mongolia)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asia; Cancer; Global health; Noncommunicable disease; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MONGOLIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84946557249     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0119     Document Type: Article

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