Cancer control in rural Appalachia

Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 8 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 1868-1871

  Friedell, Gilbert H ^a   Linville, Linda H ^a   Hullet, Sandral ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b West Alabama Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Cancer screenings; Minorities; Rural; Women

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEGRO; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0032531730     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19981015)83:8+<1868::aid-cncr40>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Conference Paper

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