Prevalence and predictors of comorbid diabetes among newly diagnosed Hispanic cancer patients in Connecticut

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 453-456

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a Connecticut Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diabetes; Hispanic Americans; Language preference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTICUT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 36549048387     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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