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

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1996-2002

  Carlsen, Kathrine ^a   Høybye, Mette Terp ^a   Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Denmark; Incidence; Socioeconomic position; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 50449108576     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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