Changing Area Socioeconomic Patterns in U.S. Cancer Mortality, 1950-1998: Part II--Lung and Colorectal Cancers
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer InstitutePublished 19 June 2002Open access
Gopal K. Singh
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Assessment of area socioeconomic patterns in U.S. lung and colorectal cancer mortality between 1950 and 1998 found area measures may be useful for monitoring socioeconomic disparities in cancer mortality and for identifying areas for potential cancer control interventions.
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Socioeconomic gradients in male lung cancer mortality reversed between 1950 and 1998, and those in colorectal cancer mortality narrowed over that time. Area measures may be useful for monitoring socioeconomic disparities in cancer mortality and for identifying areas for potential cancer control interventions.
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