Racial disparities in lung cancer mortality in U.S. congressional districts, 1990-2001

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-47

  Gallagher, Carolyn M ^a   Goovaerts, Pierre ^b   Jacquez, Geoffrey M ^b   Hao, Yongping ^c   Jemal, Ahmedin ^c   Meliker, Jaymie R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Congressional districts; Disparities; Lung; Mortality; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MORTALITY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953249159     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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