The New York Cancer Project: Rationale, organization, design, and baseline characteristics

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 301-310

  Mitchell, Maria K ^a   Gregersen, Peter K ^b   Johnson, Stephen ^b   Parsons, Ramon ^b   Vlahov, David ^b  

^a AMDeC Foundation   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Control; Epidemiology; Etiology; Incidence; Mortality; New York City; Pathogenesis; Prevention; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 3042595928     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jth116     Document Type: Article

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