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Cancer disparities research: It is time to come of age
Author(s) -
Halpern Michael T.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.29192
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , focus (optics) , health equity , descriptive research , field (mathematics) , gerontology , social science , nursing , public health , sociology , physics , optics , mathematics , pure mathematics
Although cancer disparities research has been an extremely productive field, much of this research has been largely descriptive. Researchers need to prioritize disparity areas with knowledge gaps and focus on understanding both the causes of and approaches to addressing and reducing disparities.