Cohort profile: The Social Inequality in Cancer (sic) cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1750-1758

  Nordahl, Helene ^a,b   Hvidtfeldt, Ulla Arthur ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Rod, Naja Hulvej ^a   Osler, Merete ^a,b   Frederiksen, Birgitte Lidegaard ^b,c   Prescott, Eva ^d,e   Tjønneland, Anne ^f   Lange, Theis ^a   Keiding, Niels ^a   Andersen, Per Kragh ^a   Andersen, Ingelise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort consortium; Data harmonization; Data pooling; Health related risk factors; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN CANCER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRENGTH; WEAKNESS; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

DENMARK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922377932     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu003     Document Type: Article

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