The African American breast cancer outreach project: Partnering with communities

Family and Community Health

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Adams, Mary Lou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Breast cancer screening; Community based research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845766093     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200701001-00011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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