Major ethnic group differences in breast cancer screening uptake in Scotland are not extinguished by adjustment for indices of geographical residence, area deprivation, long-term illness and education

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1361-1366

  Bansal, N ^a   Bhopal, R S ^a   Steiner, M F C ^a   Brewster, D H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cancer screening; ethnicity; inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859637274     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.83     Document Type: Article

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