Geographic disparities in late stage breast cancer incidence: Results from eight states in the United States

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tatalovich, Zaria ^a   Zhu, Li ^a   Rolin, Alicia ^a   Lewis, Denise R ^a   Harlan, Linda C ^a   Winn, Deborah M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Geographic disparities; Late stage

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOLOGY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945137952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-015-0025-5     Document Type: Article

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