"The air got to it:" Exploring a belief about surgery for lung cancer

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 765-771

  DeLisser, Horace M ^a,e   Keirns, Carla C ^b   Clinton, Esther A ^c   Margolis, Mitchell L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Pulmonary   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cultural competence; Folk beliefs; Health disparities; Lung; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 69749117043     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31004-X     Document Type: Article

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