Persistent disparities in hispanics with cervical cancer in a major city

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 165-168

  Eng, Tony Y ^a   Chen, Tiffany ^a   Vincent, Jill ^a   Patel, Abhilasha J ^a   Clyburn, Virginia ^a   Ha, Chul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced stages; Cervical cancer; Disparities; Hispanics; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION; VAGINA SMEAR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; TEXAS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 85013664560     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-016-0214-3     Document Type: Article

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