Social class differences in lung cancer mortality: Risk factor explanations using two Scottish cohort studies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 268-274

  Hart, Carole L ^a   Hole, David J ^a   Gillis, Charles R ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Watt, Graham C M ^a   Hawthorne, Victor M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Lung cancer; Social class

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CLASS; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKER;

PAISLEY; RENFREW; SCOTLAND (STRATHCLYDE); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035004024     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.2.268     Document Type: Article

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