Social inequality and incidence of and survival from cancers of the colon and rectum in a population-based study in Denmark, 1994-2003

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1978-1988

  Egeberg, Rikke ^a   Halkjær, Jytte ^a   Rottmann, Nina ^a   Hansen, Louise ^a   Holten, Iben ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Denmark; Incidence; Rectal cancer; Socioeconomic position; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 50449110702     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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