Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality - A spatial analysis in Bremen, Germany

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-235

  Eberle, Andrea ^a   Luttmann, Sabine ^a   Foraita, Ronja ^a   Pohlabeln, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Incidence; Mortality; Social class; Socioeconomic inequality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSTATE CANCER; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 77954958941     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-009-0306-1     Document Type: Article

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