Inequalities in childhood cancer mortality according to parental socioeconomic position: A birth cohort study in South Korea

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-115

  Son, Mia ^a   Kim, Jongoh ^b   Oh, Juhwan ^c,d   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Cancer mortality; Childhood cancer; Health inequality; Socioeconomic position; South Korea

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; MORTALITY; PARENTAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER MORTALITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MOTHER; MULTIPLE BIRTH; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PATERNAL AGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 78650168712     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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