Beliefs about Causes of Colon Cancer by English-as-a-Second-Language Chinese Immigrant Women to Canada

Journal of Cancer Education - Tập 26 Số 4 - Trang 734-739 - 2011
Jennifer E. McWhirter1, Laura Todd1, Laurie Hoffman‐Goetz1
1Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3G1

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