Treatment delay for Ma¯ori women with breast cancer in New Zealand

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 178-193

  Seneviratne, Sanjeewa ^a   Campbell, Ian ^a   Scott, Nina ^b   Coles, Clare ^c   Lawrenson, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c BreastScreen Midland   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer registry; Ethnicity; Inequity; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PUBLIC SECTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84920929503     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2014.895976     Document Type: Article

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