The Southern Community Cohort Study: investigating health disparities.

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Published in J Health Care Poor Underserved on February 01, 2010

Authors

Lisa B Signorello1, Margaret K Hargreaves, William J Blot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN, USA. lisa@iei.us

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