Racial differences in survival of oral and pharyngeal cancer patients in North Carolina

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-43

  Caplan, Daniel J ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Blacks; Epidemiology; Mouth neoplasms; North Carolina; Race; Survival; Tobacco; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH TUMOR; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX CANCER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORTH CAROLINA; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032341578     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1998.tb02988.x     Document Type: Article

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