A multilevel study of the determinants of area-level inequalities in colorectal cancer survival

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Baade, Peter D ^a,b   Turrell, Gavin ^b   Aitken, Joanne F ^a,c  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649285189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-24     Document Type: Article

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