Behaviour partly explains educational differences in cancer incidence in the south-eastern Netherlands: The longitudinal GLOBE study

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-125

  Louwman, W J ^a,b   Van Lenthe, F J ^a   Coebergh, J W W ^a,b   Mackenbach, J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cancer incidence; Education; Inequality; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 2342571125     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200404000-00005     Document Type: Article

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