Population-based study of the geographic variation in colon cancer incidence in Alabama: Relationship to socioeconomic status indicators and physician density

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1076-1082

  Shipp, Michèle P L ^a   Desmond, Renee ^a   Accortt, Neil ^a   Wilson, Reda J ^a   Fouad, Mona ^a   Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^a  

^a 408 Lyons Harrison Research Building ^*

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Disparities; Incidence; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PREDICTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALABAMA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 28844483257     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000184844.01148.10     Document Type: Article

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