Clinical and social factors that affect the time to diagnosis of Mexican children with cancer

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-31

  Fajardo Gutiérrez, Arturo ^a   Sandoval Mex, Aidé María ^a   Mejía Aranguré, Juan Manuel ^a   Rendón Macías, Mario Enrique ^a   Martínez García, María Del Carmen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Delayed diagnosis; Lag time to diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; EDUCATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEXICO; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036111784     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10100     Document Type: Article

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