Educational inequalities in cancer survival: A role for comorbidities and health behaviours?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-373

  Aarts, Mieke J ^a   Kamphuis, Carlijn B M ^b   Louwman, Marieke J ^a   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a,b   Mackenbach, Johan P ^b   Van Lenthe, Frank J ^b  

^a The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANCER; CELL ORGANELLE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TUMOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84875054675     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201404     Document Type: Article

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