A library-based ecological study to investigate the contribution of ethnicity to the incidence of oral cancer within health authorities in England and Wales

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-46

  Elledge, Ross O C ^a,b   Khazaee Farid, Rokhsareh ^b   Walker, Rachel J ^b   Sundaram, Karthikeyan ^b   Monaghan, Andrew ^c  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; Ethnicity; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIBRARY SCIENCE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAKISTAN; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BANGLADESH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CENSUSES; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; REGISTRIES; SMOKING; WALES;

EID: 78651306075     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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