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Awareness of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms: cross‐sectional community survey in post‐conflict northern Uganda

BACKGROUND: Lack of awareness of risk factors and symptoms for cancer may lead to late diagnosis and poor prognosis. OBJECTIVE: We assessed community awareness about cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms and perceptions about prevention and cure of cervical cancer in order to contribute data to...

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Autores principales:	Mwaka, Amos D., Orach, Christopher G., Were, Edward M., Lyratzopoulos, Georgios, Wabinga, Henry, Roland, Martin
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
Materias:	Original Research Papers
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957614/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26205470 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.12382

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