Area disadvantage, individual socio-economic position, and premature cancer mortality in Australia 1998 to 2000: A multilevel analysis

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-193

  Bentley, Rebecca ^a   Kavanagh, Anne Marie ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b   Turrell, Gavin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cancer; Mortality; Socio economic factors; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 39149138178     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-9084-7     Document Type: Article

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