Breast cancer stage at diagnosis: Is travel time important?

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 933-942

  Henry, Kevin A ^a   Boscoe, Francis P ^b   Johnson, Christopher J ^c   Goldberg, Daniel W ^d   Sherman, Recinda ^e   Cockburn, Myles ^f  

^a RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b New York State Cancer Registry   (United States)

^c Cancer Data Registry of Idaho   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Breast cancer; Cancer screening; Health disparities; Mammography; Stage at diagnosis; Travel time

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POVERTY; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POVERTY; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755175800     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9392-4     Document Type: Article

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