Marital status and survival following bladder cancer

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 807-813

  Datta, G Dabral ^a   Neville, B A ^b   Kawachi, I ^a   Datta, N S ^c   Earle, C C ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATABASE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349446498     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.082438     Document Type: Article

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