The role of numeracy on cancer screening among urban women

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Aggarwal, Arpita ^a   Speckman, Jeanne L ^b   Paasche Orlow, Michael K ^c   Roloff, Kathryn S ^c   Battaglia, Tracy A ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Care Research Unit

^c Women's Health Research Unit   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer, and screening; Literacy; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548591296     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/ajhb.31.s1.8     Document Type: Article

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