Psychosocial predictors of breast self-examination among female students in Malaysia: a study to assess the roles of body image, self-efficacy and perceived barriers

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Psychosocial predictors of breast self-examination among female students in Malaysia: a study to assess the roles of body image, self-efficacy and perceived barriers

Background: Early detection is a critical part of reducing the burden of breast cancer and breast self-examination (BSE) has been found to be an especially important early detection strategy in low and middle income countries such as Malaysia. Although reports indicate that Malaysian women report an...

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Main Authors:	Ahmadian, Maryam, Carmack, Suzie, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Kreps, Gary, Saidu, Mohammed Bashir
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2016
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53700/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53700/1/Psychosocial%20and%20health%20impacts%20of%20bauxite%20mining%20among%20Felda%20Bukit%20Goh%20communities%20in%20Kuantan%2C%20Malaysia.pdf

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