Assessing the impact of socio-economic status on cancer survival in New South Wales, Australia 1996-2001

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1383-1390

  Yu, Xue Qin ^a,b   O'Connell, Dianne L ^a   Gibberd, Robert W ^c   Armstrong, Bruce K ^d  

^a Cancer Council   (Australia)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disparities; Population based cancer registry; Relative excess risk; Relative survival; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER;

CENSUSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55849101122     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9210-1     Document Type: Article

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