Association of area socioeconomic status and breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening: A systematic review

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2579-2599

  Pruitt, Sandi L ^a   Shim, Matthew J ^b   Mullen, Patricia Dolan ^c   Vernon, Sally W ^c   Amick III, Benjamin C ^c,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Institute of Work and Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350094410     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0135     Document Type: Review

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