Colorectal cancer outcome inequalities: Association between population density, race, and socioeconomic status

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Fitzgerald, T L ^a   Lea, C S ^a   Brinkley, J ^a   Zervos, E E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Inequality; Race; Socioeconomic status; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907143921     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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