Associations between Structural Racism, Environmental Burden, and Cancer Rates: An Ecological Study of US Counties
Joelle N. Robinson-Oghogho,
Kassandra I. Alcaraz,
Roland J. Thorpe
Abstract:Objective
In this study, we examined associations between county-level measures of structural racism and county-level cancer incidence and mortality rates between race groups while accounting for factors associated with cancer rates and county-level measures of environmental burden.
Methods
To explore this relationship, we conducted multiple linear regression analyses. Data for these analyses came from an index of county-leve… Show more
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