The impact of neighborhood social and built environment factors across the cancer continuum: Current research, methodological considerations, and future directions

Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2314-2330

  Gomez, Scarlett Lin ^a,b   Shariff Marco, Salma ^a,b   Derouen, Mindy ^a   Keegan, Theresa H M ^a,b   Yen, Irene H ^c   Mujahid, Mahasin ^d   Satariano, William A ^d   Glaser, Sally L ^a,b  

^a CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; contextual factors; environment; neighborhood

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER REGISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ASIAN AMERICANS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84934443217     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29345     Document Type: Review

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