The mountains hold things in: The use of community research review work groups to address cancer disparities in appalachia

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1133-1139

  Hutson, Sadie P ^a   Dorgan, Kelly A ^a   Phillips, Amber N ^b   Behringer, Bruce ^b  

^a Department of Community Nursing ^*

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TENNESSEE; VIRGINIA;

EID: 38549137395     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.1133-1139     Document Type: Article

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