An ecological approach to examine lung cancer disparities due to sexual orientation

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 605-612

  Boehmer, U ^a   Ozonoff, A ^a   Miao, X ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer surveillance; Health disparities; Homosexuality; Lung cancer; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863228119     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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