Early breast cancer detection behaviors among ethnically diverse low-income women

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-289

  Friedman, Lois C ^a,b   Neff, Nancy E ^a   Webb, John A ^a   Latham, Cherlyn K ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences ^*

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 21444452375     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199609)5:3<283::AID-PON229>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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