Recruitment of low income, predominantly minority cancer survivors to a randomized trial of the I Can Cope cancer education program

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 912-924

  Dignan, Mark ^a   Evans, Mary ^b   Kratt, Polly ^c   Pollack, Lori A ^d   Pisu, Maria ^c   Smith, Judith Lee ^e   Prayor Patterson, Heather ^f   Houston, Peter ^c   Watson, Christopher ^g   Hullett, Sandral ^h   Martin, Michelle Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f Department of Psychiatry and Psychology   (United States)

^g MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^h Cooper Green Mercy Hospital in Birmingham ^*  (United States)

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EID: 80051881857     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0069     Document Type: Article

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