An analysis of first-time enquirers to the CancerBACUP information service: Variations with cancer site, demographic status and geographical location

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 138-145

  Boudioni, M ^a   McPherson, K ^b   Mossman, J ^a   Boulton, M ^c   Jones, A L ^d   King, J ^e   Wilson, E ^f   Slevin, M L ^g  

^a CancerBACUP   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^f Wellington House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer information; Demographic data; Population data; Standardized incidence ratios

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; TELEPHONE; TESTIS CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032889471     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690023     Document Type: Article

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