Estimating potential savings in cancer deaths by eliminating regional and social class variation in cancer survival in the Nordic countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-298

  Dickman, Paul W ^a,b   Gibberd, Robert W ^b   Hakulinen, Timo ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLON CANCER; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PATIENT CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030744950     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.3.289     Document Type: Article

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