Investigating reasons for ethnic inequalities in breast cancer survival in New Zealand

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 535-549

  McKenzie, Fiona ^a   Ellison Loschmann, Lis ^a   Jeffreys, Mona ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Ethnicity; Excess mortality; Inequalities; Multiple imputation; Survival

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SURVIVAL; TUMOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

NEW ZEALAND;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855650281     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2011.583638     Document Type: Article

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