Public awareness of cancer risk factors in the Moroccan population: a population-based cross-sectional study.

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Published in BMC Cancer on September 23, 2014

Authors

Karima El Rhazi1, Bahia Bennani, Samira El Fakir, Ahmadou Boly, Rachid Bekkali, Ahmed Zidouh, Chakib Nejjari

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and pharmacy of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdillah University, B,P 1893, Route Sidi Harazem, Km 2,2, Fez, Morocco. elrhazikarima@gmail.com.

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