Individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status in relation to breast cancer incidence in African-American Women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1141-1146

  Palmer, Julie R ^a   Boggs, Deborah A ^a   Wise, Lauren A ^a   Adams Campbell, Lucile L ^b   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; breast neoplasms; female; residence characteristics; social class

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HEALTH SURVEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871241037     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws211     Document Type: Article

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