Social sexual inequality and sex difference in cancer incidence

Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-134

  Benigni, Romualdo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Environment; Epidemiology; Health indicator; Life expectancy; Sex inequality

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER ISSUE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34147190985     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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