Untangling the Black-White mortality gap in endometrial cancer: a cohort simulation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 324-325

  Doll, Kemi M ^a   Winn, Aaron N ^b   Goff, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BLACK PERSON; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REGISTER; UTERUS SURGERY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER REGISTRY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019839244     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.12.023     Document Type: Letter

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