Where Do Cancer Patients Die in Greece? A Population-Based Study on the Place of Death in 1993 and 2003

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-314

  Mystakidou, Kyriaki ^a   Parpa, Efi ^a   Tsilika, Eleni ^a   Galanos, Antonis ^a   Patiraki, Elisabeth ^a   Tsiatas, Marinos ^b   Vlahos, Lambros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

cancer; Death; Greece

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION;

EID: 67749093178     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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