The effects of the financial crisis on primary prevention of cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2525-2533

  Martin Moreno, Jose M ^a   Alfonso Sanchez, Jose Luis ^a   Harris, Meggan ^a   Lopez Valcarcel, Beatriz Gonzalez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Budgets; Cancer; Economic factors; Economic recession; Environmental risk; Financial management; Policy making; Primary prevention; Public policy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIET; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; EXERCISE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIFE STYLE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIVATE SECTOR; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VACCINATION;

EID: 77956623050     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.07.048     Document Type: Article

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