Urologist density and county-level urologic cancer mortality

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2499-2504

  Odisho, Anobel Y ^a   Cooperberg, Matthew R ^a   Fradet, Vincent ^a   Ahmad, Ardalan E ^a   Carroll, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY; BLADDER TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MANPOWER; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PROSTATE TUMOR; STATISTICS; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROLOGY;

EID: 77956403673     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.26.9597     Document Type: Article

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