Breast Cancer in African American Women

African American Women’s Health and Social Issues, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 36-45

  Bradley, Patricia K ^a,b  

^a Oncology Nursing Society   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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