Cancer mortality in the mississippi delta region: Descriptive epidemiology and needed future research and interventions

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 315-328

  Zahnd, Whitney E ^a   Jenkins, Wiley D ^a   Mueller Luckey, Georgia S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Minority health; Neoplasms; Rural health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPALACHIAN REGION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013868993     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2017.0025     Document Type: Article

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