Titre :
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Educational inequalities in cancer survival : a role for comorbidities and health behaviours ? (2013)
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Auteurs :
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Mieke-J Aarts ;
Jan-Willem-w COEBERGH ;
Carlijn-Bm KAMPHUIS ;
Frank-Jvan LENTHE ;
Marieke-J LOUWMAN ;
MACKENBACH (Johan P.) ;
Comprehensive Cancer Centre South. Eindhoven Cancer Registry. Eindhoven. NLD
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 67, n° 4, 2013)
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Pagination :
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365-373
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Cancer
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Education
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Survie
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Maladie associée
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Comportement
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS knR0xpF7. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Aim To describe educational inequalities in cancer survival and to what extent these can be explained by comorbidity and health behaviours (smoking, physical activity and alcohol consumption). Methods The GLOBE study sent postal questionnaires to individuals in The Netherlands in 1991 resulting in 18 973 respondents (response 70%). Questions were asked on education, health and health-related behaviours. Participants were linked for cancer diagnosis (1991-2008), comorbidity and survival (up to 2010) with the population-based Eindhoven Cancer Registry ; 1127 tumours were included in the analyses. Results 5-year crude survival was best in highly educated patients as compared with low educated patients for all cancers combined : 49% versus 32% in male subjects (log rank : p
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