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Lung Cancer Disparities in Rural, Persistent Poverty Counties: A Secondary Data Analysis

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Description
Examines lung cancer incidence and mortality according to county-level smoking rates, rurality, and poverty. Analyzes county types, such as urban and non-persistent poverty, urban and persistent poverty, rural and non-persistent poverty, and rural and persistent poverty as correlated with lung cancer disparities.
Author(s)
Veronica Bernacchi, Kelly Hirko, Eric Adjei Boakye, et al.
Citation
BMC Public Health, 25, 878
Date
03/2025
Tagged as
Cancer · Health disparities · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Tobacco use