Influence of socioeconomic and cultural factors on racial differences in late-stage presentation of breast cancer

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 1801-1807

  Lannin, Donald R ^a   Mathews, Holly F ^b   Mitchell, Jim ^a,b   Swanson, Melvin S ^a   Swanson, Frances H ^a   Edwards, Maxine S ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032503637     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.22.1801     Document Type: Article

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