Patterns of domestic migrations and access to childhood cancer care centres in Italy: A report from the hospital based registry of the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (AIEOP)

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2101-2105

  Dama, Elisa ^a   Rondelli, Roberto ^b   De Rosa, Marisa ^c   Aricò, Maurizio ^d   Carli, Modesto ^e   Bellani, Franca Fossati ^f   Magnani, Corrado ^a,g   Merletti, Franco ^a   Pastore, Guido ^a,g   Pession, Andrea ^b  

^a Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CINECA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Care access; Childhood cancer; Italy; Specialised cancer centres

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS;

EID: 53049110317     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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