Socioeconomic factors and cancer incidence among blacks and whites

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 551-557

  Baquet, Claudia R ^a   Horm, John W ^a   Gibbs, Tyson ^a   Greenwald, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

BLACKS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WHITES;

EID: 0025737336     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/83.8.551     Document Type: Article

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