Differences in incidence rates and early detection of cancer among nonhispanic and hispanic whites in the united states

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-355

  Merrill, Ray M ^a   Harris, Jessica D ^a   Merrill, Joseph G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Detection; Disparity; Ethnicity; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY PELVIS CARCINOMA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884361453     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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