Lung cancer care: The impact of facilities and area measures

Translational Lung Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 385-391

  Lathan, Christopher S ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Lung cancer; Social determinates of health

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; REVIEW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SURGICAL ONCOLOGY;

EID: 84960114047     PISSN: 22186751     EISSN: 22264477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-6751.2015.07.23     Document Type: Review

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