Determinants of inequalities in cervical cancer stage at diagnosis and survival in New Zealand

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-214

  Priest, Patricia ^a   Sadler, Lynn ^b   Sykes, Peter ^c   Marshall, Roger ^d   Peters, Julia ^e   Crengle, Sue ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e Auckland Regional Public Health Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health status disparities; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950692228     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9451-7     Document Type: Article

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