Socioeconomic status, migration and the risk of breast cancer in Italy

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 479-487

  Barbone, Fabio ^a,c   Filiberti, Rosa ^b   Franceschi, Silvia ^c   Talamini, Renato ^c   Conti, Ettore ^d   Montella, Maurizio ^e   La Vecchia, Carlo ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control; Education; Migration; Occupation; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

BREAST CANCER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIGRATION RULE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ITALY;

EID: 0029663516     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.3.479     Document Type: Article

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