Temporal trends in breast cancer mortality by state and race

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 537-545

  DeSantis, Carol ^a   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a   Ward, Elizabeth ^a   Thun, Michael J ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Breast cancer; Mortality; Trends; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; TIME PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEER PROGRAM; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43749085556     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9113-1     Document Type: Article

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