Site-specific cancer mortality inequalities by employment and occupational groups: a cohort study among Belgian adults, 2001–2011

Objective This study probes into site-specific cancer mortality inequalities by employment and occupational group among Belgians, adjusted for other indicators of socioeconomic (SE) position. Design This cohort study is based on record linkage between the Belgian censuses of 1991 and 2001 and register data on emigration and mortality for 01/10/2001 to 31/12/2011. Setting Belgium. Participants The study population contains all Belgians within the economically active age (25–65 years) at the census of 1991. Outcome measures Both absolute and relative measures were calculated. First, age-standard... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Vanthomme, Katrien
Van den Borre, Laura
Vandenheede, Hadewijch
Hagedoorn, Paulien
Gadeyne, Sylvie
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Reihe/Periodikum: BMJ Open ; volume 7, issue 11, page e015216 ; ISSN 2044-6055 2044-6055
Verlag/Hrsg.: BMJ
Schlagwörter: General Medicine
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26536458
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015216