Geographic remoteness, area-level socio-economic disadvantage and advanced breast cancer: A cross-sectional, multilevel study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1037-1043

  Baade, Peter D ^a,b   Turrell, Gavin ^b   Aitken, Joanne F ^a,c  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 80955151913     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.114777     Document Type: Article

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