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

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2018-2029

  Marså, Kristoffer ^a   Johnsen, Nina Føns ^a   Bidstrup, Pernille Envold ^a   Johannesen Henry, Christine Tind ^a   Friis, Søren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer of genital organs; Denmark; Incidence; Prostate cancer; Socioeconomic position; Survival; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50449096027     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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