A community approach to addressing excess breast and cervical cancer mortality among women of African descent in Boston

Public Health Reports

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 338-347

  Bigby, JudyAnn ^a,b   Ko, Linda K ^c,d   Johnson, Natacha ^a   David, Michelle M A ^c,e,f   Ferrer, Barbara ^g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Haitian Health Institute   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Boston Public Health Commissions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEGRO; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0038685126     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50258-3     Document Type: Article

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