Corrigendum to: Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations: African American Women Are at a Disadvantage
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Using social marketing to increase breast cancer screening among African American women: perspectives from African American breast cancer survivors
Despite progressive preventative techniques, intervention programs, and guidelines to help reduce breast cancer mortality, African American women (AAW) remain affected by breast cancer in greater numbers compared to Caucasians. As rates of breast cancer mortality continue to increase among AAW, a greater need for change emerges, which should include crafting culturally specific social marketing...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Breast Imaging
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2631-6110,2631-6129
DOI: 10.1093/jbi/wbab011