Social inequalities in cancer incidence and cancer survival: Lessons from Danish studies

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1933-1937

  Menvielle, Gwenn ^a   Kunst, Anton ^b  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SOCIAL ASPECT; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 50449091321     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.06.034     Document Type: Note

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