Nursing Outlook
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 134-140 , May 2005

The use of focus group methodology in health disparities research

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PII: S0029-6554(05)00069-2

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2005.03.010

Nursing Outlook
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 134-140 , May 2005

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