Place of death of Houston area residents with cancer over a two-year period

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 637-643

  Bruera, Eduardo ^a   Sweeney, Catherine ^a   Russell, Nancy ^a   Willey, Jie S ^a   Palmer, J Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer diagnosis; Cancer patients; Demographic factors; Place of death

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DYING; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

EID: 0037674961     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(03)00204-5     Document Type: Article

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