Oral cancer: Material deprivation, unemployment and risk factor behaviour - An initial study

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-77

  Greenwood, M ^a   Thomson, P J ^a   Lowry, R J ^a   Steen, I N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Oral cancer; Risk factors; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0037291163     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2002.0274     Document Type: Review

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