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Research Article

Factors associated with breast cancer screening behaviors in a sample of Jamaican women in 2013

Nora Balasa Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USACorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8371-8821
ORCID Icon,
Huifeng Yuna Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
, PhD,
Byron C Jaegerb Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7399-2299
, PhDORCID Icon,
Maung Aungc Ministry of Health, Montego Bay, Western Regional Health Authority, Montego Bay, Jamaica
, MB.BS, MPH, PhD &
Pauline E Jollya Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
, PhD
Pages 1032-1039 | Received 11 Dec 2019, Accepted 21 Jun 2020, Published online: 12 Jul 2020

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