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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">636</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>UPSTREAM DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND BREAST CANCER SCREENING AMONG NIGERIAN WOMEN&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>duka</surname><given-names>N</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>C.</surname><given-names>Uzoma</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>48</fpage><lpage>53</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Macro level variables could help determine health outcomes for Nigerian women. Screening for breast cancer is first step to early detection. The core aim of this paper is to provoke discussion about the significance of breast screening among Nigerian women and the development of breast cancer health improvement strategies by focusing on education, income and unemployment, neighborhood conditions, and transportation. Outcome of this article could influence policy-makers and healthcare providers in establishing ways to improve contemporary health situations. It could also lead to increased awareness of the fundamental circumstances affecting population__ampersandsignrsquo;s health.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Breast cancer</kwd><kwd> Nigerian women</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
