Community-based education in nutrition and cancer: The Por La Vida Cuidándome curriculum

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 168-172

  Navarro, Ana M ^a   Rock, Cheryl L ^a   McNicholas, Lori J ^b   Senn, Karen L ^b   Moreno, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CURRICULUM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034277633     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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