Socioeconomic indicators and risk of lung cancer in central and eastern Europe

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 115-121

  Hruba, Františka ^a   Fabiánová, Eleonóra ^a   Bencko, Vladimir ^b   Cassidy, Adrian ^c   Lissowska, Jolanta ^d   Mates, Dana ^e   Rudnai, Pèter ^f   Zaridze, David ^g   Foretová, Lenka ^h   Janout, Vladimír ⁱ   Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonilia ^j   Brennan, Paul ^k   Boffetta, Paolo ^k  

^a Regional Authority of Public Health   (Slovakia)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^e Public Health Institute   (Romania)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^g N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^h MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^j NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^k INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

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Author keywords

Education; Indicators; Lung cancer; Socioeconomic status; White blue collar occupation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350314595     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3516     Document Type: Article

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