Increasing Black: White disparities in breast cancer mortality in the 50 largest cities in the United States

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 118-123

  Hunt, Bijou R ^a   Whitman, Steve ^a   Hurlbert, Marc S ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade   (United States)

Author keywords

Big cities; Breast cancer; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; BLACK PERSON; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; CITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CITIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898024649     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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