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Tucker, Thomas C.; And Others – 1988
This report compares cancer mortality rates in rural Appalachian Kentucky with rates for rural non-Appalachian Kentucky and the U.S. white population. Rural Appalachian Kentucky differs from the rest of rural Kentucky in having a younger, poorer, less educated population with greater employment in mining as opposed to agriculture, and with less…
Descriptors: Appalachian Studies, Cancer, Comparative Analysis, Mortality Rate
