Roles of Religious Involvement and Social Support in the Risk of Colon Cancer among Blacks and Whites

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1097-1107

  Kinney, Anita Yeomans ^a,b   Bloor, Lindsey E ^b   Dudley, William N ^b   Millikan, Robert C ^c   Marshall, Elizabeth ^d   Martin, Christopher ^e   Sandlers, Robert S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Colonic neoplasms; Religion; Social support; Whites

Indexed keywords

CANCER; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344033646     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg264     Document Type: Article

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