The breast cancer related burden of morbidity and mortality in six European countries: The European Disability Weights project

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-146

  Kruijshaar, Michelle E ^a,b,c   Barendregt, Jan J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Burden of disease; DALY; Disability weights; Health status values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 3042695029     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/14.2.141     Document Type: Article

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