Socio-economic inequalities in cancer incidence - The choice of deprivation measure matters

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Donnelly, David W ^a   Gavin, Anna ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Deprivation; Incidence; Inequalities; Northern Ireland; Socio economic; UK

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCOME; IRELAND; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN IRELAND; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 81055157014     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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