South African men's perceptions of breast cancer: impact of gender norms on health care accessibility.
Women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often present to the health care system at advanced stages of breast cancer (BC), leading to poor outcomes. A lack of BC awareness and affordability issues are proposed as contributors to delayed presentation. In many areas of the world, however, wom...
| Publicado en: | Health Promotion International Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 1 - 11 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2022
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