Cancer prevention behaviors in low-income urban whites: An understudied problem

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 861-871

  Bowie, Janice V ^a   Juon, Hee Soon ^a   Dubay, Lisa C ^a   Lebrun, Lydie A ^a   Curbow, Barbara A ^b   Thorpe, Roland J ^a   Laveist, Thomas A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Preventive health; Socioeconomic status; Urban health; White

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449135770     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-009-9391-2     Document Type: Article

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