Education, socioeconomic status and risk of cancer of the colon and rectum

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 380-385

  Tavani, Alessandra ^a   Fioretti, Francesca ^a   Franceschi, Silvia ^b   Gallus, Silvano ^a   Negri, Eva ^a   Montella, Maurizio ^c   Conti, Ettore ^d   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,e  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Serv di Epidemiologia e Oncogenesi   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Colorectal cancer; Education; Risk factors; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COFFEE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033066781     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.3.380     Document Type: Article

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