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- Title
Socioeconomic status and breast cancer in Denmark.
- Authors
Danø, Hella; Andersen, Otto; Ewertz, Marianne; Petersen, Jørgen Holm; Lynge, Elsebeth
- Abstract
Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in women and the incidence has increased over time. Our objectives were to study: (1) the socioeconomic differences in breast cancer incidence and mortality in Denmark, (2) how different socioeconomic groups have contributed to the increasing incidence, (3) whether the diverging trend between breast cancer incidence and mortality reflects different socioeconomic distributions of breast cancer cases and breast cancer deaths, and (4) to compare measures of socioeconomic status based on own and spouses' occupation, respectively. We addressed these questions by studying the socioeconomic distribution of breast cancer incidence and breast cancer mortality in Danish women during the last 25 years.
- Publication
International journal of epidemiology, 2003, Vol 32, Issue 2, p218
- ISSN
0300-5771
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/ije/dyg049