The California Neighborhoods Data System: A new resource for examining the impact of neighborhood characteristics on cancer incidence and outcomes in populations

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 631-647

  Gomez, Scarlett Lin ^a,b   Glaser, Sally L ^a,b   McClure, Laura A ^a   Shema, Sarah J ^a   Kealey, Melissa ^c   Keegan, Theresa H M ^a,b   Satariano, William A ^c  

^a CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Contextual factors; GIS; Immigration; Neighborhood; Socioeconomic environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HEALTH DISPARITY; IMMIGRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION GROUPS; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955767935     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9736-5     Document Type: Article

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