The disproportionately lower cancer survival rate with increased incidence and mortality in minorities and underserved Americans

Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 8 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 1687-1690

  Hampton, James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC GROUP; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032531825     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19981015)83:8+<1687::aid-cncr3>3.0.co;2-j     Document Type: Conference Paper

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