The influence of race, ethnicity, and individual socioeconomic factors on breast cancer stage at diagnosis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2173-2178

  Lantz, Paula M ^a   Mujahid, Mahasin ^b   Schwartz, Kendra ^b   Janz, Nancy K ^b   Fagerlin, Angela ^b   Salem, Barbara ^b   Liu, Lihua ^b   Deapen, Dennis ^b   Katz, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33845271184     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.072132     Document Type: Article

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