Trends in stomach cancer mortality in relation to living conditions in childhood. A study among cohorts born between 1860 and 1939 in seven European countries

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3212-3218

  Amiri, M ^a   Kunst, A E ^a   Janssen, F ^a,b   Mackenbach, J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Europe; Gross national product; Infant mortality; Mortality decline; Stomach neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845186907     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.04.020     Document Type: Article

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