The association between cancer incidence and family income: Analysis of Korean national health insurance cancer registration data

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1371-1376

  Kim, Ji Man ^a,b   Kim, Hee Moon ^c   Jung, Bo Young ^a   Cho, Woo Hyun ^a   Lee, Sang Gyu ^d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b National Health Insurance Corporation   (South Korea)

^c National Health Insurance Corporation   (South Korea)

^d Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Income class; Korea.; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84873038908     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.4.1371     Document Type: Article

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