The effect of socioeconomic status on survival from colorectal cancer in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 290-297

  Kelsall, Helen L ^a,d   Baglietto, Laura ^a,b   Muller, David ^a   Haydon, Andrew M ^c   English, Dallas R ^a,b   Giles, Graham G ^a,b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Colorectal cancer; Country of birth; Socioeconomic status (SES); Survival

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVIVAL; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; VICTORIA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 58149481764     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.070     Document Type: Article

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