Income and the incidence of oral cavity cancer: Cross-national study

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-211

  Chen, David T ^a   Chou, Yu Fu ^a   Wu, Hong Pin ^a   Hsu, Lee Ping ^a   Wen, I Shian ^a   Lee, Chia Fone ^a   Chen, Peir Rong ^a,b  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gross domestic product; Income; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; INCOME; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; ROMANIA; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66849087526     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2009.070242     Document Type: Article

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