Social class and cancer survival in Turin, Italy

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-34

  Rosso, Stefano ^a   Faggiano, Fabrizio ^b   Zanetti, Roberto ^a   Costa, Giuseppe ^c  

^a Registro Tumori Piemonte   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Sezione Chimica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; ITALY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0031045568     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.1.30     Document Type: Article

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