Selected cancers with increasing mortality rates by educational attainment in 26 states in the United States, 1993-2007

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 559-565

  Jemal, Ahmedin ^a   Simard, Edgar P ^a   Xu, Jiaquan ^b   Ma, Jiemin ^a   Anderson, Robert N ^b  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Socioeconomic status; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878887224     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-9993-y     Document Type: Article

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