Cancer death epidemics in United States Black males: Evaluating courses, causation, and cures

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 380-385

  Leistikow, Bruce N ^a   Tsodikov, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Male; Neoplasm; Regions; Smoking; United States

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19544391850     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.12.011     Document Type: Article

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