Socioeconomic deprivation as a determinant of cancer mortality and the Hispanic paradox in Texas, USA

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Philips Jr , Billy U ^a   Belasco, Eric ^b   Markides, Kyriakos S ^c   Gong, Gordon ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER; ETHNICITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; LATINO PEOPLE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876144004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-26     Document Type: Article

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