Geographic disparities in late-stage breast cancer diagnosis in California

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 327-334

  Kuo, Tzy Mey ^a   Mobley, Lee R ^a   Anselin, Luc ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Geographic disparities; Late stage at diagnosis; Multilevel modeling

Indexed keywords

CANCER; GENDER ISSUE; MINORITY GROUP; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751568104     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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