Using a Socioeconomic Position Index to Assess Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Puerto Rico, 1995-2004
| Autor: | Taína De La Torre-Feliciano, Ana P. Ortiz, Javier Pérez-Irizarry, Mariela Torres-Cintrón, Gwendolyn Díaz-Medina, Erick L. Suárez-Pérez, Karen J. Ortiz-Ortiz, Nayda R. Figueroa-Vallés |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
education.field_of_study Index (economics) business.industry Health Policy Incidence (epidemiology) Population Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Retrospective cohort study Population health 3. Good health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cancer incidence 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Environmental health Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business education Survival rate Socioeconomic status |
| Zdroj: | Preventing Chronic Disease. |
| ISSN: | 1545-1151 |
| DOI: | 10.5888/pcd9.100271 |
| Popis: | Introduction Evaluation of the extent of socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality is essential to generate hypotheses in population health research and provides evidence for population-based strategies for comprehensive cancer control. The objective of this study was to create an area-based socioeconomic position (SEP) index to assess possible socioeconomic disparities in incidence and mortality of selected cancers in Puerto Rico. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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