Regional and racial disparities in breast cancer-specific mortality

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 337-347

  Grann, Victor ^a   Troxel, Andrea B ^a   Zojwalla, Naseem ^a   Hershman, Dawn ^a   Glied, Sherry A ^a   Jacobson, Judith S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer specific mortality; Geographical region; Race ethnicity; SEER database; Socioeconomic factors; United States

Indexed keywords

CANCER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RACE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 28444444412     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.038     Document Type: Article

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