Socioeconomic position and the risk of brain tumour: A Swedish national population-based cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1222-1228

  Khanolkar, Amal R ^a,b   Ljung, Rickard ^b   Talbäck, Mats ^b   Brooke, Hannah L ^b   Carlsson, Sofia ^b   Mathiesen, Tiit ^c   Feychting, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; POPULATION THEORY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TUMOR;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84977544053     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-207002     Document Type: Article

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