Geographic variations in breast cancer survival among older women: Implications for quality of breast cancer care

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Goodwin, James S ^a   Freeman, Jean L ^a   Mahnken, Jonathan D ^a   Freeman, Daniel H ^a   Nattinger, Ann B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036259161     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/57.6.M401     Document Type: Article

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