Rural-urban disparities in health status among US cancer survivors

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1050-1057

  Weaver, Kathryn E ^a   Geiger, Ann M ^a   Lu, Lingyi ^a   Case, L Douglas ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; comorbidity; health status; health status disparities; mental health; rural health; survivors; unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SELF REPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874249558     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27840     Document Type: Article

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