Socioeconomic differentials in cancer incidence and mortality in urban New South Wales, 1987-1991

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-137

  Smith, David ^a   Taylor, Richard ^a,b   Coates, Marylon ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COLON CANCER; DIET; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; SUNLIGHT; TESTIS CANCER; TOBACCO; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030015668     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1996.tb01806.x     Document Type: Article

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