Differences in Mortality and Incidence for Major Sites of Cancer by Education Level in a Japanese Population

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 584-591

  Nishi, Nobuo ^a   Sugiyama, Hiromi ^a   Hsu, Wan Ling ^a   Soda, Midori ^a   Kasagi, Fumiyoshi ^a   Mabuchi, Kiyohiko ^b   Kodama, Kazunori ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Education; Incidence; Japan; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44849091887     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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