Explaining geographic variation in breast and cervical cancer incidence rates in US Hispanic women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 727-732

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer surveillance; Cervical cancer; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27844511483     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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