Women's perceptions of familial aspects of breast cancer

Health Education

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 50-59

  Williams, Tracy ^a   Clarke, Valerie A ^a   Savage, Sally ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health care; History; Perception; Risk; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986019334     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280210418983     Document Type: Article

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