Early detection measures for cancer in family caregivers of minority women: An educational program

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-221

  Youssef, Fatma A ^a   Kawar, Lina Najib ^b  

^a MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to screening activities; Breast and ovarian cancer; Early detection measures; Educational program

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549084331     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822302250689     Document Type: Article

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