Access to care and stage at diagnosis for patients with lung cancer and esophageal cancer: Analysis of the Savannah river region information system cancer registry data

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 900-908

  Silverstein, Marc D ^a   Nietert, Paul J ^a   Ye, Xiaobu ^a   Lackland, Daniel T ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036334119     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200295080-00023     Document Type: Article

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