Religiosity, Spirituality, and Cancer Fatalism Beliefs on Delay in Breast Cancer Diagnosis in African American Women
β Scribed by Mary Magee Gullatte; Otis Brawley; Anita Kinney; Barbara Powe; Kathi Mooney
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4197
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