Women's Health Issues
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 216-223 , September 2005

Ties that bind: Implications of social support for rural, partnered African American women’s health functioning

  • Angela R. Black, MS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Angela R. Black, University of Georgia, Center for Family Research, 1095 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30602-4527; Phone: 706-425-2992; Fax: 706-425-2985.
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  • Jennifer L. Cook, MS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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  • Velma McBride Murry, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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  • Carolyn E. Cutrona, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Social and Behavioral Research, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Received 10 December 2004 ,Revised 7 April 2005 ,Accepted 3 May 2005.

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PII: S1049-3867(05)00052-6

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2005.05.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 216-223 , September 2005

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