A community intervention: AMBER: Arab American breast cancer education and referral program

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1041-1047

  Ayash, Claudia ^a   Axelrod, Deborah ^a   Nejmeh Khoury, Sana ^a   Aziz, Arwa ^a   Yusr, Afrah ^a   Gany, Francesca M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab Americans; Breast cancer screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NEW YORK CITY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80755190001     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9481-6     Document Type: Article

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