The racial disparity in breast cancer mortality in the 25 largest cities in the United States

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 497-

  Freund, Karen M ^a,b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS;

EID: 84865862188     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.05.007     Document Type: Letter

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