Knowledge, attitudes and barriers towards breast cancer health education among community pharmacists

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 189-198

  Ayoub, Nehad M ^a   Nuseir, Khawla Q ^a   Othman, Areej K ^b   Abu Alkishik, Sajedah ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

attitude; barriers; breast cancer; community pharmacists; knowledge; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84970028735     PISSN: 17598885     EISSN: 17598893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jphs.12140     Document Type: Article

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