Influence of nativity on cancer mortality among black New Yorkers

Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-135

  Fang, Jing ^a   Madhavan, Shantha ^a   Alderman, Michael H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthplace; Cancer; Mortality; Non Hispanic blacks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECTUM CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030925275     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970701)80:1<129::aid-cncr17>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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