Regional deprivation in Bavaria, Germany: Linking a new deprivation score with registry data for lung and colorectal cancer

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 827-835

  Kuznetsov, Laura ^a   Maier, Werner ^a   Hunger, Matthias ^a   Meyer, Martin ^b   Mielck, Andreas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Population Based Cancer Registry Bavaria   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Lung cancer; Regional deprivation; Small area analysis; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CAUSALITY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84869218590     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0342-4     Document Type: Article

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