Ethnicity and Health Knowledge Gaps: Impact of the California Wellness Guide on Poor African American, Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic White Women

Health Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 303-329

  Alcalay, Rina ^a   Bell, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0039918539     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc0804_1     Document Type: Article

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