US mortality rates for oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer by educational attainment

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1094-1099

  Chen, Amy Y ^a,b   DeSantis, Carol ^b   Jemal, Ahmedin ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEGRO; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PHARYNX CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855211101     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.180     Document Type: Article

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