Reducing health disparities: From theory to practice

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Prothrow Stith, Deborah ^a,b   Gibbs, Brian ^a   Allen, Autumn ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Health Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER RISK; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BOSTON; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEOPLASMS; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037359144     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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