Do lifestyle or social factors explain ethnic/racial inequalities in breast cancer survival?

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-66

  McKenzie, Fiona ^a   Jeffreys, Mona ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Ethnic groups; Health status disparities; Healthcare disparities; Meta analysis; Review; Socioeconomic factors; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350640218     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxp007     Document Type: Review

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