Later-stage cancer in relation to medically underserved areas in Connecticut

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-309

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Cancer; Community migrant health centers; Medically underserved; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; URBAN HEALTH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034242478     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0802     Document Type: Article

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