Disparities in breast cancer survival among Asian women by ethnicity and immigrant status: A population-based study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 861-869

  Gomez, Scarlett Lin ^a,b   Clarke, Christina A ^a   Shema, Sarah J ^a   Chang, Ellen T ^a,b   Keegan, Theresa H M ^a,b   Glaser, Sally L ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951218493     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.176651     Document Type: Article

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