Strategies for piloting a breast health promotion program in the Chinese-Australian population

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Koo, Fung Kuen ^a   Kwok, Cannas ^b   White, Kate ^b   D'abrew, Natalie ^b   Roydhouse, Jessica K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84861118760     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.100293     Document Type: Article

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