Black:white disparities in breast cancer mortality in the 50 largest cities in the United States, 2005–2014

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 169-173

  Hunt, Bijou R ^a   Hurlbert, Marc S ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Breast Cancer Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Big cities; Breast cancer; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BREAST TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84997427230     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2016.07.018     Document Type: Article

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