A population-based study of lung carcinoma in Pennsylvania: Comparison of Veterans Administration and Civilian Populations

Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 833-840

  Campling, Barbara G ^a,b   Hwang, Wei Ting ^c   Zhang, Jiameng ^c,d   Thompson, Stephanie ^a   Litzky, Leslie A ^b   Vachani, Anil ^a,b   Rosen, Ilene M ^b   Algazy, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR BIOSTATISTICS IN AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms; Outcome assessment (health care); Registries; Survival; Veterans hospitals

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VETERANS;

EID: 23444462048     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21228     Document Type: Article

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