Role of Black churches in health promotion programs: Lessons from the Los Angeles mammography promotion in churches program

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 805-810

  Markens, Susan ^a   Fox, Sarah A ^a   Taub, Bonnie ^a   Gilbert, Mary Lou ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGIOUS GROUP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036235486     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.5.805     Document Type: Article

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