Predictors of attrition among rural breast cancer survivors

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-31

  Meneses, Karen ^a   Azuero, Andres ^a   Su, Xiaogang ^b   Benz, Rachel ^a   Mcnees, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Breast cancer survivors; Predictors of attrition; Rural women; Secondary analysis; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892374594     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21576     Document Type: Article

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