Rural-urban difference in female breast cancer diagnosis in Missouri

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Williams, Faustine ^a   Jeanetta, Stephen ^a   O'Brien, David ^a   Fresen, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Access to healthcare services; Breast cancer; Geographic information system; Missouri; Neoplasm; Place of residence; Stage at diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLACK PERSON; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84938632087     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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