Risky shifts or shifting risk: African and African-Caribbean women's narratives on delay in seeking help for breast cancer

Risk, Decision and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-224

  Littlewood, Jenny ^a   Elias, Edna ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84984755674     PISSN: 13575309     EISSN: 14664534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135753090000020X     Document Type: Article

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