Empowerment Beliefs and Intention to Uptake Cervical Cancer Screening: Three Psychosocial Mediating Mechanisms
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عنوان ژورنال: Women & Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0363-0242,1541-0331
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2012.656187