Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 406-413 , November 2010

Living in the Context of Poverty and Trajectories of Breast Cancer Worry, Knowledge, and Perceived Risk after a Breast Cancer Risk Education Session

  • Suzanne Bartle-Haring, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Suzanne Bartle-Haring, PhD, Human Development and Family Science Department, The Ohio State University, 135 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210. Phone: 614-688-3259; fax: 614-292-4365.

Received 5 January 2010 ,Revised 22 June 2010 ,Accepted 23 June 2010.

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 Project fully supported by National Cancer Institute grant #1 R03 CA11094-01A1.

PII: S1049-3867(10)00088-5

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.06.008

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 406-413 , November 2010

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