The lack of cancer surveillance data on sexual minorities and strategies for change

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-349

  Bowen, Deborah J ^a,b   Boehmer, Ulrike ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer rates; Registry data; Sexual minorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947279627     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-0115-1     Document Type: Article

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