The Affordable Care Act and Cancer Stage at Diagnosis among Young Adults

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Han, Xuesong ^a   Zang Xiong, Ka ^b   Kramer, Michael R ^b   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; YOUNG ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; INSURANCE; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989206855     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djw058     Document Type: Article

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