Socioeconomic status and the incidence of multiple myeloma

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-8

  Koessel, Salma L ^a   Theis, Mary Kay ^b   Vaughan, Thomas L ^a,b   Koepsell, Thomas D ^a,b   Weiss, Noel S ^a,b   Greenberg, Raymond S ^c   Swanson, G Marie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

education; multiple myeloma; occupation; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030021198     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199601000-00002     Document Type: Article

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