Are religious women more likely to have breast cancer screening?

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-346

  Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Kasl, Stanislav V ^a   Jones, Beth A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Breast cancer; Race; Religion; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038352864     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021174426609     Document Type: Article

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