Liver and other gastrointestinal cancers are frequent in Mexican Americans

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Garza, Ariana L ^a   Vatcheva, Kristina P ^a   Pan, Jen Jung ^b   Rahbar, Mohammad H ^a   Fallon, Michael B ^b   McCormick, Joseph B ^a   Fisher Hoch, Susan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Gastrointestinal cancer; Liver; MexicanAmericans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015266500     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-015-0104-0     Document Type: Article

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