Socioeconomic disparities in colorectal cancer mortality in the United States, 1990-2007

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 760-766

  Enewold, Lindsey ^a   Horner, Marie Josèphe ^b   Shriver, Craig D ^a,c   Zhu, Kangmin ^a,c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Disparity; Mortality; Relative index of inequality; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; MORTALITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; MORTALITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY AREAS; SEER PROGRAM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903781727     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-014-9824-z     Document Type: Review

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