Geographical location and stage of breast cancer diagnosis: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1357-1383

  Williams, Faustine ^a   Jeanetta, Stephen ^b   James, Aimee S ^c  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Place of residence; Rural population; Rural urban; Staging at diagnosis; Urban population

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84981298105     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0102     Document Type: Review

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