Widening educational differences in cancer survival in Norway

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 270-275

  Kravdal, Håkon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897444898     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt082     Document Type: Article

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