Widening socioeconomic disparities in cervical cancer mortality among women in 26 states, 1993-2007

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5110-5116

  Simard, Edgar P ^a   Fedewa, Stacey ^a   Ma, Jiemen ^a   Siegel, Rebecca ^a   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical cancer; disparities; education; insurance; mortality; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84867332176     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27606     Document Type: Article

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