Diminishing educational differences in breast cancer mortality among Finnish women: A register-based 25-year follow-up

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 277-280

  Martikainen, Pekka ^a,b   Valkonen, Tapani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033959728     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.2.277     Document Type: Article

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