African-American Breast Cancer Survivors Participating in a Breast Cancer Support Group: Translating Research into Practice

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 619-625

  Wells, Anjanette A ^a   Gulbas, Lauren ^b   Sanders Thompson, Vetta ^a   Shon, En Jung ^c   Kreuter, Matthew W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Breast cancer; Cancer trajectory; Intervention; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889237579     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-013-0592-8     Document Type: Article

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