Breast cancer research among African-American women: Accurate racial categories?

Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 335-341

  Figgs, Larry W ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cancer; Race; Research

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037215934     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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