Disparities in underserved white populations: The case of cancer-related disparities in appalachia

Oncologist

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1072-1081

  Paskett, Electra D ^a,b,c   Fisher, James L ^c   Lengerich, Eugene J ^a,d   Schoenberg, Nancy E ^e   Kennedy, Stephenie K ^f   Mary, Ellen Conn ^f   Roberto, Karen A ^g   Dwyer, Sharon K ^g   Fickle, Darla ^c   Dignan, Mark ^e  

^a Department of Veterinary Biosciences   (United States)

^b and Medical Genetics   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENN STATE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Cancer; Disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOUTH CANCER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; RURAL POPULATION; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WHITE POPULATION;

APPALACHIAN REGION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEOPLASMS; RURAL POPULATION; STATE HEALTH PLANS;

EID: 80052202701     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0145     Document Type: Article

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