Women’s knowledge about breast cancer risk and their views of the purpose and implications of breast screening—a questionnaire survey
Open Access
- 10 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 28 (3) , 197-202
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdl030
Abstract
Objectives To assess women’s knowledge and perception of breast screening, including its benefits and disadvantages, and explore whether demographic and other personal characteristics are associated with accurate knowledge.Keywords
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