Social disparities and prostate cancer: Mapping the gaps in our knowledge

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-53

  Gilligan, Timothy ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer disparities; Health disparities; Prostate cancer; Race; Review article

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 17644398433     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-004-1291-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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