Engaging African American breast cancer survivors in an intervention trial: Culture, responsiveness and community

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-91

  Germino, Barbara B ^a   Mishel, Merle H ^a   Alexander, G Rumay ^a   Jenerette, Coretta ^a   Blyler, Diane ^a   Baker, Carol ^a   Vines, Anissa I ^b   Green, Melissa ^a   Long, Debra G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c CrossWorks   (United States)

Author keywords

Culturally informed recruitment and retention strategies; Minority research participation; Younger breast cancer survivors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951720647     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-010-0150-x     Document Type: Article

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