Socioeconomic status and cancer screening in Japanese males: Large inequlaity in middle-aged and urban residents

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 90-96

  Fukuda, Yoshiharu ^a,b   Nakamura, Keiko ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a   Nakao, Hiroyuki ^b   Imai, Hirohisa ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Health inequality; Socioeconomic factor; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34247634167     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.12.90     Document Type: Article

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