Contextual effects and cancer outcomes in the United States: a systematic review of characteristics in multilevel analyses

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 739-748.e3

  Zahnd, Whitney E ^a,b   McLafferty, Sara L ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Contextual effects; Multilevel analysis; Social epidemiology; Spatial epidemiology; USA

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RACE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCOPUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WEB OF SCIENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85035112275     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2017.10.002     Document Type: Review

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