Effect of social class on tumour size at diagnosis and surgical treatment in Danish women with breast cancer

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1659-1663

  Norredam, Marie ^a   Groenvold, Mogens ^b   Petersen, Jorgen Holm ^c   Krasnik, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Access; Breast cancer; Denmark; Equity; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031729146     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00260-3     Document Type: Article

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