Cancer survival in eastern and western Germany after the fall of the iron curtain

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 689-693

  Jansen, Lina ^a   Gondos, Adam ^a   Eberle, Andrea ^b   Emrich, Katharina ^c   Holleczek, Bernd ^d   Katalinic, Alexander ^e   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Cancer survival; Germany; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY, EAST; GERMANY, WEST; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871272582     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9723-5     Document Type: Article

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