Predictors of Mammography Screening among Iranian Women Attending Outpatient Clinics in Tehran, Iran
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Predictors of mammography screening among Iranian women attending outpatient clinics in Tehran, Iran.
Mammography utilization is low in Iran compared with other countries. Here a cross-sectional survey design was used to investigate psycho-social and individual factors associated with mammography among 400 women asymptomatic of breast cancer. The study was carried out at the four outpatient clinics of Tehran during the period from July through October, 2009. We found that mammography screening ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1513-7368
DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.3.969