Health disparities across the breast cancer continuum

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 170-177

  Reeder Hayes, Katherine E ^a,b   Wheeler, Stephanie B ^b,c   Mayer, Deborah K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Disparities; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928825187     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2015.02.005     Document Type: Article

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