Race, socioeconomic status, and breast cancer treatment and survival

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 490-496

  Bradley, Cathy J ^a,c   Given, Charles W ^a   Roberts, Caralee ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Roberts Research Associates   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037012339     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/94.7.490     Document Type: Article

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