Cancer incidence in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia: Disparities in Appalachia

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-47

  Lengerich, Eugene J ^a   Tucker, Thomas C ^b   Powell, Raymond K ^c   Colsher, Pat ^d   Lehman, Erik ^a   Ward, Ann J ^e   Siedlecki, Jennifer C ^a   Wyatt, Stephen W ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d West Virginia Department of Education   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PREVALENCE; RECTUM CANCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 11144238972     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2005.tb00060.x     Document Type: Article

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