Global health inequalities and breast cancer: An impending public health problem for developing countries

Breast Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 428-434

  Igene, Helen ^a,b  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Developed and developing countries; Health inequalities; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 51349146606     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2008.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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