Breast cancer: Relationship between acculturation and barriers to breast cancer screening in Southwest Florida Latinas
Despite multiple campaigns by the American Cancer Society, reports indicate that Latinas living in the United States who contract breast cancer are more likely than Anglos to die. These findings correlate with low participation in breast cancer screenings among Latinas. The objective of this study w...
Main Author: | Patino, Patricia |
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Format: | Others |
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Scholar Commons
2006
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Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2656 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3655&context=etd |
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