Ethnic disparities in cervical cancer survival among Texas women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1577-1583

  Coker, Ann L ^a   Desimone, Christopher P ^a   Eggleston, Katherine S ^b   White, Arica L ^b   Williams, Melanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TEXAS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350447678     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1342     Document Type: Article

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