Socio-economic status and the risk of liver cancer mortality: A prospective study in Korean men

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1144-1151

  Joshi, S ^a   Song, Y M ^b   Kim, T H ^a   Cho, S I ^a  

^a Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Liver cancer; Mortality; Prospective study; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KOREA; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KOREA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 54249142551     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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