Social inequality and incidence of and survival from cancers of the kidney and urinary bladder in a population-based study in Denmark, 1994-2003

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2030-2042

  Eriksen, Kirsten Thorup ^a   Petersen, Anne ^a   Poulsen, Aslak Harbo ^a   Deltour, Isabelle ^a   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Incidence; Kidney cancer; Socioeconomic position; Survival; Urinary bladder cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50449097277     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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