The poorer cancer survival among the unmarried in Norway: Is much explained by comorbidities?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-52

  Kravdal, Øystein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer survival; Comorbidities; Marital status; Norway; Register data

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHEMOTHERAPY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; DYING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

NORWAY;

EID: 84874317028     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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