Racial and ethnic variations in the incidence of cancers of the uterine corpus, United States, 2001-2003

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-294

  Sabatino, Susan A ^a,b   Stewart, Sherri L ^a   Wilson, Reda J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b MS K 55 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOSARCOMA; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESENCHYMOMA; MIXED TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 62449188326     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1171     Document Type: Article

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