Presence of medical schools may contribute to reducing breast cancer mortality and disparities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 961-976

  Pisu, Maria ^a   Wang, Deli ^b   Martin, Michelle Y ^b   Baltrus, Peter ^c   Levine, Robert S ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Presently in That Department   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer mortality; Medical resources; Older women; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955979754     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0346     Document Type: Article

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