Registration of cancer in girls remains lower than expected in countries with low/middle incomes and low female education rates

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 183-188

  Bhopal, S S ^a,b   Mann, K D ^b   Pearce, M S ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; epidemiology; health inequalities; low income countries; middle income countries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH SCHOOL; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862988666     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.191     Document Type: Article

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