Cost for Prostate Cancer Educational Programs in Work and Church Sites

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 421-433

  Weinrich, Sally P ^a   Atwood, Jan ^b   Cobb, Mary D ^a   Ellison, Gary ^a   Deets, Jane K ^c   Weinrich, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

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