The relationship between Health Belief Model (HBM) and Breast Self Examination (BSE) awareness, knowledge female student: UiTM Kedah / Mohd Azri Abdul Rahim and Nor Adlyia Mohd Yusof

Breast Cancer is one of the leading causes of women death in Malaysia. Early detection methods such as BSE play an important role in reduction of death for breast cancer as the primary prevention strategies. BSE is a self screening method that should be taught at the early ages of women to aware the...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahim, Mohd Azri (Author), Mohd Yusof, Nor Adlyia (Author)
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Published: 2012.
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