Social inequalities and cancer
Kogevinas, Manolis ; Boffetta, Paolo ; Pearce, Neil ; Susser, Mervyn
IARC - Lyon
1997
397 p.
cancer ; economic impact ; gender ; morbidity ; mortality ; occupation disease relation ; sociology ; statistics ; survey ; social inequality
IARC Scientific Publications
138
Occupational diseases
English
Bibliogr.;Charts
13.04.3.2-23301
"There is clear evidence from industrialized and less-developed societies that cancer incidence and survival are related to socioeconomic factors. This fascinating volume, the first to examine the magnitude of these socioeconomic differences in relation to cancer, provides vital information for all those interested in public health. Nineteen chapters are presented in four sections: General considerations; Evidence of social inequalities in cancer; Explanations for social inequalities in cancer; and Socioeconomic differences in health care. "
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