Childhood social class and cancer incidence: Results of the globe study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1131-1139

  de Kok, Inge M C M ^a   van Lenthe, Frank J ^a   Avendano, Mauricio ^a   Louwman, Marieke ^b   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a,b   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Childhood; Cox regression; Life course; Socio economic status; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

BENELUX; EINDHOVEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH BRABANT; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849164334     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.035     Document Type: Article

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