Socio-economic factors and stage at presentation of head and neck cancer patients in Ottawa, Canada: A logistic regression analysis

Oral Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 366-368

  Johnson, S ^a   Corsten, M J ^a   McDonald, J T ^b   Chun, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Socio economic status; Stage at presentation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER STAGING; DENTIST; EARLY CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOUTH CANCER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77950864756     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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