Socio-economic characteristics of patients with glioblastoma multiforme

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 325-329

  Muquit, Samiul ^a   Parks, Ruth ^a   Basu, Surajit ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affluence; GBM; Glioblastoma; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBURBAN AREA; UNEMPLOYMENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL STATEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84945481284     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-015-1913-z     Document Type: Article

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