Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Neighborhood Social and Built Environment on Breast Cancer Risk: The Neighborhoods and Breast Cancer Study

Abstract

Background: Neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) has been found to be associated with breast cancer risk. It remains unclear whether this association applies across racial/ethnic groups independent of individual-level factors and is attributable to other neighborhood characteristics.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2017
Source ID
10.1158/1055-9965.epi-16-0935

Entities

People

  • Andrew Hertz
  • David O. Nelson
  • Esther M. John
  • Irene H. Yen
  • Jocelyn Koo
  • Juan Yang
  • Meera Sangaramoorthy
  • Myles Cockburn
  • Ninez A. Ponce
  • Salma Shariff-marco
  • Scarlett Lin Gomez
  • Shannon M. Conroy
  • Theresa H.m. Keegan
  • William A. Satariano

Organizations

  • California Breast Cancer Research Program
  • California Department of Public Health
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • National Cancer Institute
  • Public Health Institute
  • Stanford University
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • University of Colorado
  • University of Southern California

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Women's Health and Cancer Risk Research: African American Women and Pregnancy Outcomes.