Cancer survival in California Hispanic farmworkers, 1988-2001

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-41

  Dodge, Jennifer L ^a   Mills, Paul K ^a,b   Riordan, Deborah G ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Central Valley Health Policy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846548146     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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