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Cancer Fatalism and Its Demographic Correlates Among African American and Hispanic Women

Effects on Adherence to Cancer Screening

Lucia DettenbornDepartment of Oncological Sciences, Derald H. Ruttenberg Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
, MS,
Katherine DuhamelDepartment of Oncological Sciences, Derald H. Ruttenberg Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
, PhD,
Gary ButtsDepartments of Pediatrics, Medical Education, and Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA;Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
, MD,
Hayley ThompsonDepartment of Oncological Sciences, Derald H. Ruttenberg Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
, PhD &
Lina JandorfDepartment of Oncological Sciences, Derald H. Ruttenberg Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
, MA
Pages 47-60 | Received 28 Jul 2003, Accepted 01 Apr 2004, Published online: 23 Sep 2008

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