Changes in socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality rates among French men between 1968 and 1996

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2082-2087

  Menvielle, Gwenn ^a   Leclerc, Annette ^b   Chastang, Jean François ^b   Melchior, Maria ^b   Luce, Danièle ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FRANCE; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POVERTY; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FRANCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; POVERTY; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35748963575     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.073429     Document Type: Article

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