Defining and investigating social disparities in cancer: Critical issues

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-14

  Krieger, Nancy ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gender; Health disparity; Race ethnicity; Social inequalities in health; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; JUSTICE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 17644370010     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-004-1251-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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