Racial and regional disparities in lung cancer incidence

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1910-1918

  Underwood, J Michael ^a,b   Townsend, Julie S ^a   Tai, Eric ^a   Davis, Shane P ^a,b   Stewart, Sherri L ^a   White, Arica ^a,b   Momin, Behnoosh ^a   Fairley, Temeika L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnic groups; Lung neoplasm; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856568240     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26479     Document Type: Article

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