A 50% higher prevalence of life-shortening chronic conditions among cancer patients with low socioeconomic status

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1742-1748

  Louwman, W J ^a,b   Aarts, M J ^a   Houterman, S ^c   Van Lenthe, F J ^b   Coebergh, J W W ^a,b   Janssen Heijnen, M L G ^a,b  

^a Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chronic disease; comorbidity; socioeconomic status; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 78650186093     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605949     Document Type: Article

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