Understanding Breast Cancer Screening Practices in Taiwan: a Country with Universal Health Care |
Wu, Tsu-Yin
(Healthy Asians Americans Project, Eastern Michigan, University of Michigan)
Chung, Scott (College of Literature, Science and Arts, University of Michigan) Yeh, Ming-Chen (School of Nursing, Huan Kuang University) Chang, Shu-Chen (Department of Nursing, Chung-Hua Christian University) Hsieh, Hsing-Fang (School of Public Health, University of Michigan) Ha, Soo Ji (College of Literature, Science and Arts, University of Michigan) |
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