Time trends in socio-economic differences in incidence rates of cancers of the breast and female genital organs (Finland, 1971-1995)

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-61

  Pukkala, Eero ^a   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^b  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DIET; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OVARY CANCER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA CANCER; VIRUS INFECTION; VULVA CANCER; WORK;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032977703     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990331)81:1<56::AID-IJC11>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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