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Retention of African American women in cancer genetics research

✍ Scribed by Chanita Hughes Halbert; Deja Love; Tynisha Mayes; Aliya Collier; Benita Weathers; Lisa Kessler; Jill Stopfer; Deborah Bowen; Susan Domchek

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 109 KB
Volume: 146A
Category: Article
ISSN: 1552-4825
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32067

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