Integrating multiple social statuses in health disparities research: The case of lung cancer

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 2, 2012, Pages 1255-1277

  Williams, David R ^a   Kontos, Emily Z ^a   Viswanath, K ^a,b   Haas, Jennifer S ^c   Lathan, Christopher S ^d   MacConaill, Laura E ^c   Chen, Jarvis ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; Health care disparities; lung cancer; race ethnicity; smoking; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCOME; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861189894     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01404.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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