The association between socioeconomic status and survival among children with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas in a universal health care system

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1171-1177

  Darmawikarta, Denise ^a,b   Pole, Jason D ^a,b   Gupta, Sumit ^c   Nathan, Paul C ^c   Greenberg, Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY GROUP OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Lymphoma; Pediatric oncology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; ONTARIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84878240229     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24386     Document Type: Article

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