Cancer mortality rates in appalachia: Descriptive epidemiology and an approach to explaining differences in outcomes

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 804-813

  Blackley, David ^a   Behringer, Bruce ^a   Zheng, Shimin ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Cancer mortality; Disparities; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; APPALACHIAN REGION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864037694     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9514-z     Document Type: Article

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