Could socio-economic transformation and the resulting psychological stress influence cancer risk in Opole Province, Poland?

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 125-131

  Tukiendorf, A ^a  

^a OPOLE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ageing effect; Cancer morbidity; Risk assessment; Socio economic transformation; Stress; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; POLAND; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; POLAND; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 25444511566     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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