Survival from upper gastrointestinal cancer in New Zealand: The effect of distance from a major hospital, socio-economic status, ethnicity, age and gender

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 643-646

  Gill, Andrew J ^a   Martin, Iain G ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age; Distance; Ethnicity; Gender; Socio economic status; Survival; Upper gastrointestinal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GENDER; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

AGED; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036381038     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02506.x     Document Type: Article

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