Lung cancer in African Americans: A call for action

Cancer Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-106

  Cooley, Mary E ^a   Jennings Dozier, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Culture; Educational programs; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031970403     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.1998.1998006099.x     Document Type: Article

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