Urban-rural differences in cancer-directed surgery and survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 468-474

  Thomas, Audrey Alforque ^a   Pearce, Alison ^b   O'neill, Ciaran ^a   Molcho, Michal ^a   Sharp, Linda ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CANCER; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SURVIVAL;

IRELAND;

ADULT; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CANCER SURVIVORS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85006058345     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2016-208113     Document Type: Article

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