Cancer disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 78-93

  Ward, Elizabeth ^a   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a   Cokkinides, Vilma ^a   Singh, Gopal K ^b   Cardinez, Cheryll ^a   Ghafoor, Asma ^a   Thun, Michael ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Div of Cancer Control/Popul Sci   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; MORPHINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; OCCULT BLOOD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 1942472485     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.54.2.78     Document Type: Article

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