Intrastate variations in rural cancer risk and incidence: An Illinois case study

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 472-478

  Zahnd, Whitney E ^a   Mueller, Georgia S ^a   Fogleman, Amanda J ^a   Jenkins, Wiley D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disparities; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84981244979     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000310     Document Type: Article

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