The racial disparity in breast cancer mortality

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 588-596

  Whitman, Steven ^a   Ansell, David ^b   Orsi, Jennifer ^c   Francois, Teena ^d  

^a Sinai Urban Health Institute   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Women's Interagency HIV Study   (United States)

^d Georgia Department of Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Joinpoint regression; Mammography access; Mammography quality; Mortality rates; Racial disparities; Treatment quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHICAGO; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79961168556     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-010-9346-2     Document Type: Article

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