Cancer health disparities persist among African Americans in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 267-273

  Jones, Nathan R ^a   Williamson, Amy ^a   Foote, Mary ^b   Creswell, Paul D ^a   Strickland, Rick ^a   Remington, Patrick ^a,c   Cleary, James ^a   Adams, Alexandra ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79851487693     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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