Relation between literacy, race, and stage of presentation among low- income patients with prostate cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3101-3104

  Bennett, Charles L ^a   Ferreira, M Rosario ^b   Davis, Terry C ^b   Kaplan, Jason ^b   Weinberger, Maribeth ^b   Kuzel, Tim ^b   Seday, Mary Ann ^b   Sartor, Oliver ^b  

^a Chicago VA Hlthcare System Lakeside   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031720391     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.9.3101     Document Type: Article

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