Rural v. urban aspects of cancer: First-year data from the Mississippi Central Cancer Registry

Family and Community Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Higginbotham, John C ^a   Moulder, Judy ^b   Currier, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Mississippi Cancer Registry   (United States)

^c Mississippi State Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disparities; Ethnicity; Gender; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035403863     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200107000-00003     Document Type: Article

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