Editorial exploring and crossing the disparity divide in cancer mortality

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 614-616

  Barton, Mary B ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645981276     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-8-200604180-00013     Document Type: Editorial

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