Improving survival disparities in cervical cancer between maori and non-Māori women in New Zealand: A national retrospective cohort study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-199

  McLeod, Melissa ^a,b   Harris, Ricci ^a,b   Purdie, Gordon ^a,b   Cormack, Donna ^a,b   Robson, Bridget ^a,b   Sykes, Peter ^a   Crengle, Sue ^c   Iupati, Douglas ^d   Walker, Nick ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

^e Hawke's Bay District Health Board   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervix neoplasms; Ethnicity; Survival; Survival analyses; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952208120     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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