Social inequalities and cancer /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Agency for Research on Cancer
Other Authors: Kogevinas, Manolis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lyon, France : International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1997.
Series:IARC scientific publications ; no. 138.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Why study socioeconomic factors and cancer? / N. Pearce
  • Poverty and cancer / L. Tomatis
  • Social theory and social class / I. Susser
  • The Measurement of social class in health studies: old measures and new formulations / L.F. Berkman and S. Macintyre
  • Evidence of social inequalities in cancer
  • Socioeconomic differences in cancer incidence and mortality / F. Faggiano ... [et. al.]
  • Socioeconomic differences in cancer survival: a review of the evidence / M. Kogevinas and M. Porta
  • Explanations for social inequalities in cancer
  • General explanations for social inequalities in health / M. Marmot and A. Feeney.
  • Tobacco smoking, cancer and social class / S.D. Stellman and K. Resnicow
  • Alcohol drinking, social class and cancer / H. Moller and H. Tonnesen
  • Diet and cancer: possible explanations for the higher risk of cancer in the poor / J.D. Potter
  • - Socioeconomic differences in reproductive behaviour / I. Dos Santos Silva and V. Beral
  • Social differences in sexual behaviour and cervical cancer / S. de Sanjose, F.X.Bosch, N. Munoz and K. Shah
  • Infection with hepatitis B and C viruses, social class and cancer / S.O. Stuver, C. Boschi-Pinto and D. Trichopoulos.
  • Infection with helicobacter pylori and parasites, social class and cancer / P. Boffetta
  • Exposure to occupational carcinogens and social class differences in cancer occurrence / P. Boffetta ... [et. al.]
  • Unemployment and cancer: a literature review / E. Lynge
  • Unemployment and cancer in Denmark 1970-1975 and 1986-1990 / E. Lynge and O. Andersen
  • Environmental exposure, social class and cancer risk / A. Woodward and P. Boffetta
  • Socioeconomic differences in health care
  • Socioeconomic status and cancer screening / N. Segnan
  • Possible explanations for social class differences in cancer patient survival / A. Auvinen and S. Karjalainen.