Socio-Demographic and Geographical Factors in Esophageal and Gastric Cancer Mortality in Sweden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ljung, Rickard ^a   Drefahl, Sven ^b   Andersson, Gunnar ^b   Lagergren, Jesper ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STOMACH CANCER; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84876342537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062067     Document Type: Article

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