Follow the north star: Why space, place, and power matter for geospatial approaches to cancer control and health equity

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 476-479

  Krieger, Nancy ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MELANOMA; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPACE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; GEOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES;

EARTH SCIENCES; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85017008361     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-1018     Document Type: Article

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