Examining the effect of minority status and neighborhood characteristics on cervical cancer survival outcomes

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-93

  Lim, Jung Won ^a   Ashing Giwa, Kimlin T ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center of Community Alliance for Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Ethnic disparities; Multilevel survival analysis; Neighborhood variation; Survival outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SURVIVAL TIME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952816266     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.11.041     Document Type: Article

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