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Racial disparities in the use of hospice services according to geographic residence and socioeconomic status in an elderly cohort with nonsmall cell lung cancer
Article first published online: 8 NOV 2010
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25669
Copyright © 2010 American Cancer Society
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Hardy, D., Chan, W., Liu, C.-C., Cormier, J. N., Xia, R., Bruera, E. and Du, X. L. (2011), Racial disparities in the use of hospice services according to geographic residence and socioeconomic status in an elderly cohort with nonsmall cell lung cancer. Cancer, 117: 1506–1515. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25669
Publication History
- Issue published online: 18 MAR 2011
- Article first published online: 8 NOV 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 19 AUG 2010
- Manuscript Revised: 9 AUG 2010
- Manuscript Received: 11 MAY 2010
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