Rural‐urban disparities in health status among US cancer survivors

BACKGROUND: Although rural residents are more likely to be diagnosed with more advanced cancers and to die of cancer, little is known about rural‐urban disparities in self‐reported health among survivors. METHODS: The authors identified adults who had a self‐reported history of cancer from the Natio...

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Published in:	Cancer Vol. 119; no. 5; pp. 1050 - 1057
Main Authors:	Weaver, Kathryn E., Geiger, Ann M., Lu, Lingyi, Case, L. Douglas
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.03.2013 Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences cancer comorbidity Epidemiology Female Health Status Health Status Disparities Humans Male Medical sciences mental health Middle Aged Neoplasms - psychology rural health Rural Population survivors Survivors - psychology Tumors unemployment United States - epidemiology United States North America America USA Human Rural environment Socioeconomic status Survivor Mental health health status disparities Malignant tumor Unemployment Concomitant disease Cancerology Health status comorbidity survivors Disparity rural health Public health Cancer
ISSN:	0008-543X, 1097-0142, 1097-0142
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