Social inequalities in the incidence and case fatality of cancers of the lung, the stomach, the bowels, and the breast

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 965-974

  Geyer, Siegfried ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case fatality; Incidence; Income; Socio economic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CARCINOMA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 52549123080     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9162-5     Document Type: Article

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