Social determinants of racial and ethnic disparities in cutaneous melanoma outcomes

Cancer Control

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 343-349

  Harvey, Valerie M ^a,b   Patel, Hitesh ^a   Sandhu, Sophia ^a   Wallington, Sherrie Flynt ^c   Hinds, Ginette ^d  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICARE; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MELANOMA; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84907843983     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327481402100411     Document Type: Article

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