Breast Cancer in Pacific Islander Women: Overcoming Barriers to Screening and Treatment

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-35

  Mounga, Va ^a   Maughan, Erin ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Pacific Islander; Breast cancer; Breast cancer screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865103540     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01697.x     Document Type: Article

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