Disadvantage and male cancer incidence and mortality in New South wales 1985-1993

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 465-476

  Burnley, I H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disadvantage; Lifestyles; Populations at risk; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLADDER CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MARRIAGE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; OCCUPATION; PANCREAS CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TRACHEA CANCER;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANCER INCIDENCE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0030617485     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00366-8     Document Type: Article

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