Breast cancer care in the Canada and the United States: Ecological comparisons of extremely impoverished and affluent urban neighborhoods

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 156-163

  Gorey, Kevin M ^a   Luginaah, Isaac N ^b   Hamm, Caroline ^c   Fung, Karen Y ^a   Holowaty, Eric J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Centre Regional De Cancerologie De Windsor   (Canada)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affluence; Breast cancer care; Canada; Poverty; Survival; United States

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; SURVIVAL; URBAN SOCIETY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449529735     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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