Socioeconomic differences in cervical cancer: Two case-control studies in Colombia and Spain

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1532-1538

  De Sanjosé, Silvia ^a,l   Bosch, Francesc Xavier ^a   Muñoz, Nubia ^b   Tafur, Luis ^c   Gili, Miguel ^d   Izarzugaza, Isabel ^e   Izquierdo, Angel ^f   Navarro, Carmen ^g   Vergara, Alberto ^h   Muñoz, Maria Teresa ⁱ   Ascunce, Nieves ^j   Shah, Keerti V ^k  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^e Registro del Cancer de Euzkadi   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL SANTA CATERINA   (Spain)

^g Consejeria de Sanid y Polit Social ^*  (Spain)

^h Dirección General de Salud Pública de Aragón   (Spain)

ⁱ Delegacion Terr de Bienestar Social   (Spain)

^j Departamento de Salud   (Spain)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

EID: 10544241184     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.11.1532     Document Type: Article

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