Social inequality and incidence of and survival from tumours of the central nervous system in a population-based study in Denmark, 1994-2003

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2050-2057

  Schmidt, Lisbeth Samsø ^a   Nielsen, Hanne ^a   Schmiedel, Sven ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Central nervous system tumour; Denmark; Incidence; Socioeconomic position; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 50449097851     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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