Opportunities to address lung cancer disparities among African Americans

Cancer Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1467-1476

  Coughlin, Steven S ^a,b   Matthews Juarez, Patricia ^a,b   Juarez, Paul D ^a,b   Melton, Courtnee E ^a   King, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer survivorship; Cigarette smoking; Health status disparities; Lung cancer; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84990884972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cam4.348     Document Type: Review

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