Socio-economic inequalities in survival from screen-detected breast cancer in South West England: Population-based cohort study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-422

  McKenzie, Fiona ^a   Ives, Alexander ^b   Jeffreys, Mona ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b South West Public Health Observatory   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861587808     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr107     Document Type: Article

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