Abstract:The incidence of liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancer for Asian Americans is almost 2 times greater in comparison to Non-Hispanic white women and men. A major factor that contributes to liver cancer is hepatitis b (HBV) infection, which disproportionally affects Asian Americans, who represent 7% of the total US population but makes up around 58% of HBV-linked hepatocellular carcinoma cases. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the neighborhood environment, including neighborhood… Show more
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