Spatial inequalities in colorectal and breast cancer survival: Premature deaths and associated factors

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1412-1421

  Cramb, Susanna M ^a,b   Mengersen, Kerrie L ^b   Turrell, Gavin ^b   Baade, Peter D ^a,b,c  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Cancer; Premature deaths; Relative survival; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85027956531     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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