Testicular Cancer Among African American College Men: Knowledge, Perceived Risk, and Perceptions of Cancer Fatalism
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Men's Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1557-9883,1557-9891
DOI: 10.1177/1557988306295305