Knowledge and Beliefs of Breast Self-Examination and Breast Cancer among Market Women in Ibadan, South West, Nigeria

Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji; Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni; Franklin C. Igbodekwe; Mary Twomey; Christopher Akolo; Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe; Olayinka Atilola; Oluwole Jegede; Olanrewaju Oladimeji

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140904

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Knowledge and Beliefs of Breast Self-Examination and Breast Cancer among Market Women in Ibadan, South West, Nigeria

Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji, Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni, Olanrewaju Oladimeji

* E-mail: oladimejikelechi@yahoo.com; keoladimeji@cchrad.org

Affiliations Discipline of Public Health Medicine, College of Health Science, Howard College Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Center for Community Healthcare, Research and Development, Abuja, Nigeria
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Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji, Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni, Olanrewaju Oladimeji

Affiliation Discipline of Public Health Medicine, College of Health Science, Howard College Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Franklin C. Igbodekwe,

Affiliation Center for Community Healthcare, Research and Development, Abuja, Nigeria
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Mary Twomey,

Affiliation Health and Social Care Department, Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6BJ, London, United Kingdom
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Christopher Akolo,

Affiliation Population Services International, 1120 19th Street, N.W, Suite 600, Washington, District of Columbia, 20036, United States of America
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Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe,

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Human Services, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria
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Olayinka Atilola,

Affiliations Center for Community Healthcare, Research and Development, Abuja, Nigeria, Department of Psychiatry, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria
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Oluwole Jegede,

Affiliation Milken Institute of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, 20052, United State of America
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Olanrewaju Oladimeji

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji, Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni, Olanrewaju Oladimeji

Affiliations Discipline of Public Health Medicine, College of Health Science, Howard College Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Center for Community Healthcare, Research and Development, Abuja, Nigeria
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Knowledge and Beliefs of Breast Self-Examination and Breast Cancer among Market Women in Ibadan, South West, Nigeria

Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji,
Joyce M. Tsoka-Gwegweni,
Franklin C. Igbodekwe,
Mary Twomey,
Christopher Akolo,
Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe,
Olayinka Atilola,
Oluwole Jegede,
Olanrewaju Oladimeji

Published: November 25, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140904

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