Using public health data systems to understand and eliminate cancer disparities

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-26

  Koh, Howard K ^a   Judge, Christine M ^a   Ferrer, Barbara ^b   Gershman, Susan T ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Boston Public Health Commission   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Cancer Registry   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health disparity; Massachusetts; Public health surveillance; Race ethnicity; Social inequalities in health; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INFORMATION SERVICES; MASSACHUSETTS; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 17644421063     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-004-1254-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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