Mammography Screening and Pacific Islanders: Role of Cultural and Psychosocial FactorsFootnote*

*This research was supported in part by funds from the California Breast Cancer Research Program of the University of California (grant number 4BB-1400) and the NIH/National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (P60MD000532). The contents of the article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the funding agencies.

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