Explaining breast cancer mortality in England: The effect of socioeconomic factors and health care services

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-350

  Gage, H ^a   Fouquet, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer mortality; Health care inputs; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030728869     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199708000-00005     Document Type: Article

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