Saving grace: A breast cancer prevention program in the African American community

Health and Social Work

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-76

  Belin, Precilla L ^a   Washington, Thomas Alex ^a   Greene, Yvonne ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS; TENNESSEE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745488181     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/31.1.73     Document Type: Review

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