Social inequality in breast, lung and colorectal cancers: A sibling approach

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Soøndergaard, Grethe ^a   Mortensen, Laust Hvas ^b   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^b   Andersen, P K ^b   Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^c   Osler, Merete ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SIBLING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 84876138088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002114     Document Type: Article

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