Access to healthcare and disparities in colorectal cancer survival in Texas

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-329

  Wan, Neng ^a   Zhan, F Benjamin ^a,b   Lu, Yongmei ^a   Tiefenbacher, John P ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal cancer; Disparity; GIS; Health; Spatial access

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CANCER; GIS; HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856574747     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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