Poverty and childhood cancer incidence in the United States

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1139-1145

  Pan, I Jen ^a,b   Daniels, Julie L ^c   Zhu, Kangmin ^a,b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Epidemiology; Incidence; Poverty; SEER

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY TUMOR; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955665644     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-010-9528-3     Document Type: Article

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