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Cancer Screening Practices and Attitudes: Comparison of Low-income Women in Three Ethnic Groups

ELIZABETH L. McGARVEY Division of Prevention Research, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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GAIL J. CLAVET Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, Division of Women's and Infants' Health, Department of Health, Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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JAMES B. JOHNSON II Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, Division of Women's and Infants' Health, Department of Health, Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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AUDREY BUTLER Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, Division of Women's and Infants' Health, Department of Health, Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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KIM OANH COOK Vietnamese Resettlement Association, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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BONITA PENNINO American Cancer Society, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Pages 71-82 | Published online: 02 Jul 2010

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