Residential Segregation and Racial Cancer Disparities: A Systematic Review

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1195-1205

  Landrine, Hope ^a   Corral, Irma ^a   Lee, Joseph G L ^b   Efird, Jimmy T ^a   Hall, Marla B ^a   Bess, Jukelia J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Blacks; Cancer; Cancer disparities; Race; Residential segregation; Whites

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

EID: 85013633062     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-016-0326-9     Document Type: Review

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