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Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs among African Americans

Troy G. Scroggins and Tyler K. Bartley
Ochsner Journal April 1999, 1 (2) 52-57;
Troy G. Scroggins Jr.
Ochsner Cancer Institute
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Ochsner Cancer Institute
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