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Breast Cancer Risk and Screening: A Comparison of Lesbian and Heterosexual Women

Dana L. Brandenburg PsyD Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Alicia K. Matthews PhD Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Administrative Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 South Damen, MC 802, Chicago, IL, 60612 E-mail: [email protected]@uic.edu
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Timothy P. Johnson PhDM Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 South Peoria, Chicago, IL, 60607 E-mail: [email protected]
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Tonda L. Hughes PhD and RN and FAAN Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Administrative Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 South Damen, MC 802, Chicago, IL, 60612 E-mail: [email protected]@uic.edu
Pages 109-130 | Published online: 17 Oct 2008

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