Working with Lay Health Educators in a Rural Cancer-Prevention Program

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-27

  Sharp, Penny C ^a   Dignan, Mark B ^b   Blinson, Karen ^a   Konen, Joseph C ^c,d   McQuellon, Richard ^a   Michielutte, Robert ^a   Cummings, Lynn ^e   Hinojosa, Louise ^f   Ledford, Vicki ^f  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Levine Cancer Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Lumbee LHE   (United States)

^f Cherokee LHE   (United States)

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EID: 0032326729     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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