Are rural Ohio Appalachia cancer survivors needs different than urban cancer survivors?

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-148

  Katz, Mira L ^a   Reiter, Paul L ^b   Corbin, Sandy ^c   de Moor, Janet S ^a   Paskett, Electra D ^a   Shapiro, Charles L ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Holzer Cancer Center   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care disparities; Health services needs; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; OHIO; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953541144     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-010-0115-0     Document Type: Article

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