Rural areas are disproportionately impacted by smoking and lung cancer

Rural populations have higher rates of late stage lung cancer incidence and mortality compared to urban populations, making them important target populations for low dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening. LDCT screening has been shown to reduce lung cancer mortality and is recommended by the Uni...

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Main Authors: Wiley D. Jenkins, Alicia K. Matthews, Angie Bailey, Whitney E. Zahnd, Karriem S. Watson, Georgia Mueller-Luckey, Yamile Molina, David Crumly, Julie Patera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335518300494