A critical review of methods for assessing cancer survival disparities in indigenous population

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 579-591

  Withrow, Diana R ^a,b   Racey, C Sarai ^b   Jamal, Sehar ^a  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care disparities; Health status disparities; Indians; Neoplasms; North American; Oceanic Ancestry Group; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; AMERICAN INDIAN; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION GROUP; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRENDS;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GROUPS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991094067     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.06.007     Document Type: Review

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