Geographic information and women's empowerment: A breast cancer example

A Companion to Feminist Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 486-495

  McLafferty, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Feminism; Feminist geography; Geographic information; Women empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955339215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996898.ch32     Document Type: Chapter

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