Fulfilling the dream: Toward reducing inequalities in lung cancer screening

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 125-127

  Ruparel, Mamta ^a,b   Navani, Neal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOBACCO USE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84938064282     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201505-0897ED     Document Type: Editorial

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