Self-reported cancer rates in two rural areas of West Virginia with and without mountaintop coal mining

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 320-327

  Hendryx, Michael ^a   Wolfe, Leah ^a   Luo, Juhua ^a   Webb, Bo ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Community based participatory research; Mountaintop coal mining; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COAL MINING; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RURAL HEALTH; SELF REPORT; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84862314703     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9448-5     Document Type: Article

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