Cancer survival disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status in New Jersey

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-160

  Niu, Xiaoling ^a   Pawlish, Karen S ^a   Roche, Lisa M ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Area poverty level; Cancer survival; Disparities; Hazard ratio; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW JERSEY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77249167264     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0263     Document Type: Article

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