Open AccessDecline in US Breast Cancer Rates After the Women's Health Initiative: Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Differentials
Author(s) -
Nancy Krieger,
Jarvis T. Chen,
Pamela D. Waterman
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.181628
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , ethnic group , breast cancer , medicine , demography , health equity , gerontology , environmental health , cancer , public health , population , political science , sociology , law , nursing
We investigated whether there were socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in recent reported declines in overall US breast cancer incidence rates attributed to post-2002 declines in hormone therapy use following publication of the Women's Health Initiative study.