Determinants of prostate cancer stage in northern New England: USA Franco-American contextual effects

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2018-2030

  Parsons, Margaret A ^a   Askland, Kathleen D ^b  

^a Maine General Medical Center   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Neoplasm staging; Prostate; Social networks; Socioeconomic factors; USA

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRANCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW ENGLAND; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVORS;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348923448     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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