Using a socioeconomic position index to assess disparities in cancer incidence and mortality, Puerto Rico, 1995-2004

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Torres Cintrón, Mariela ^a   Ortiz, Ana P ^a   Ortiz Ortiz, Karen J ^a   Figueroa Vallés, Nayda R ^a   Pérez Irizarry, Javier ^a   Díaz Medina, Gwendolyn ^a   Torre Feliciano, Taína De La ^a   Suárez Pérez, Erick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84857738566     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.100271     Document Type: Article

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