Trends in late-stage breast and cervical cancer incidence rates in Connecticut (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-365

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a CT Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer screening; Cervical cancer; Mammography; Medically underserved; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONNECTICUT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037701619     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023972826767     Document Type: Article

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