Socioeconomic differences in lung cancer incidence: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-471

  Sidorchuk, Anna ^a   Agardh, Emilie E ^a   Aremu, Olatunde ^a   Hallqvist, Johan ^a,b   Allebeck, Peter ^a   Moradi, Tahereh ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Meta analysis; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ASIA; CANADA; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LATIN AMERICA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64649098045     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9300-8     Document Type: Review

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