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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Breast Cancer Screening Among Women in Saudi Arabia

Assim AlAbdulKader1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34224, Saudi Arabia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9842-894X

Danya Gari1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34224, Saudi Arabia

Ghada Al yousif1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34224, Saudi Arabia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2372-7440

Amal Alghamdi1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34224, Saudi Arabia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5139-5020

Shikha AlKaltham1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34224, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1492-7926

Fahad AlDamigh2 College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34224, Saudi Arabia

Yazan AlEisawi2 College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34224, Saudi Arabia

Abdulhadi AlGhamdi2 College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34224, Saudi Arabia

Omar Al-Hayek2 College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34224, Saudi Arabia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9770-7173

Ali AlMudhi2 College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 34224, Saudi Arabia

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Pages 505-513 | Received 04 Feb 2023, Accepted 12 Jul 2023, Published online: 25 Jul 2023

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