Neighbourhoods matter too: The association between neighbourhood socioeconomic position, population density and breast, prostate and lung cancer incidence in Denmark between 2004 and 2008

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-13

  Meijer, Mathias ^a,b   Bloomfield, Kim ^a,c,d   Engholm, Gerda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CANCER; DATA SET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; MENS HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

DENMARK;

EID: 84871957522     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200192     Document Type: Article

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