Cancer epidemiology in the United States: Racial, social, and economic factors

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 471, Issue , 2009, Pages 65-83

  Sloane, Dana ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer mortality; Cancer survival; Disparity; Elderly; Ethnicity; Race; Socioeconomic status; Stage at diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60349094185     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-416-2_4     Document Type: Review

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