Social inequality and incidence of and survival from lung cancer in a population-based study in Denmark, 1994-2003

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1989-1995

  Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^a   Steding Jessen, Marianne ^a   Engholm, Gerda ^b   Schüz, Joachim ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Incidence; Lung cancer; Socioeconomic position; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 50449095581     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.06.023     Document Type: Article

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