Health care access and poverty do not explain the higher esophageal cancer mortality in African Americans

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-26

  Miller, Jordan A G ^a   Rege, Robert V ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^b   Livingston, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Epidemiology; Esophageal neoplasms; Ethnology; Health care systems; National Death Index; National Health Interview Survey; Outcomes assessment; Poverty; Risk factors; Social class; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; POPULATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 3042530223     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.12.055     Document Type: Article

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