Social inequality and incidence of and survival from cancer in a population-based study in Denmark, 1994-2003: Background, aims, material and methods

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1938-1949

  Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^a   Steding Jessen, Marianne ^a   Gislum, Mette ^b   Frederiksen, Kirsten ^a   Engholm, Gerda ^b   Schüz, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Denmark; Social inequality; Socioeconomic position; Survival after cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 50449087717     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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