Childhood cancer mortality and socioeconomic position in South Korea: A national population-based birth cohort study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1559-1567

  Kong, Kyoung Ae ^a   Khang, Young Ho ^b   Cha, Eun Shil ^a   Moon, Eun Kyeong ^a   Lee, Yo Han ^a   Lee, Won Jin ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Cohort study; Neoplasm; Socioeconomic position; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEOPLASM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; WORK CAPACITY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956952843     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-010-9584-8     Document Type: Article

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