Social inequalities in breast cancer mortality among French women: Disappearing educational disparities from 1968 to 1996

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 152-155

  Menvielle, G ^a,b   Leclerc, A ^a,b   Chastang, J F ^a,b   Luce, D ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b IFR69   (France)

Author keywords

Age at death; Birth cohort; Breast cancer; Education; Mortality; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 30644476271     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602907     Document Type: Article

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