Hospice use among cancer decedents in Alabama, 2002-2005

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Jenkins, Todd M ^a   Chapman, Kathryn L ^b   Harshbarger, Dorothy S ^b   Townsend, Julie S ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73349116603     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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