Participation in breast cancer prevention: assessing women's knowledge and their participation in mammography in Tehran, Iran

• Main Authors: Ahmadian, Maryam, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Redzuan, Ma'rof, Emby, Zahid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Journals 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22705/1/22705.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22705/; https://academicjournals.org/journal/SRE/article-abstract/74091FA31598
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

A survey was carried out from July through October, 2009 to study the knowledge and women’s participation in mammography. A total of 400 women in urban areas of Tehran, Iran were randomly selected in this study. Although, the general knowledge of women was fairly good, they did not participate in ma...