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Pakistani Urban Population Demonstrates a Poor Knowledge About Cancers: A Pilot Survey

Samia Mazahir MBBS Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Rabeeya Nusrat MBBS Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Munira Bokutz MBBS Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Nida Butool Rizvi MBBS Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Nadeem Nooruddin Jaffer MBBS Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Rabia Malik MBBS Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Kanwal Aliraza Merchant MBBS Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Ali Raza MBBS Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Maria Maqsood MBBS Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Syed Faridul Hasnain MS Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Muhammad Rizwanulhaq Khawaja MBBS Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PakistanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 264-266 | Published online: 04 Dec 2008

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