Socio-economic status and oesophageal cancer: results from a population-based case–control study in a high-risk area

• Published in: International journal of epidemiology Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 978 - 988
• Main Authors: Islami, Farhad, Kamangar, Farin, Nasrollahzadeh, Dariush, Aghcheli, Karim, Sotoudeh, Masoud, Abedi-Ardekani, Behnoush, Merat, Shahin, Nasseri-Moghaddam, Siavosh, Semnani, Shahryar, Sepehr, Alireza, Wakefield, Jon, Møller, Henrik, Abnet, Christian C, Dawsey, Sanford M, Boffetta, Paolo, Malekzadeh, Reza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.08.2009; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Aged; Analysis. Health state; Biological and medical sciences; Cancer; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - epidemiology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - etiology; case–control; correspondence analysis; Educational Status; Epidemiologic Methods; Epidemiology; Esophageal Neoplasms - epidemiology; Esophageal Neoplasms - etiology; factor analysis; Female; General aspects; Humans; Iran; Iran - epidemiology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Oesophageal cancer; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Social Class; socio-economic status; Socioeconomic Factors; Tropical medicine; Iran; Asia; Oesophageal cancer; epidemiology; factor analysis; case-control; Iran; socio-economic status; correspondence analysis; Human; High risk; Factor analysis; Socioeconomic status; Esophageal disease; Esophagus squamous cell carcinoma; Malignant tumor; Case control study; Epidemiology; Statistical study; Esophagus cancer; Correspondence analysis; Cancerology; Digestive diseases; Public health; Cancer

Background Cancer registries in the 1970s showed that parts of Golestan Province in Iran had the highest rate of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in the world. More recent studies have shown that while rates are still high, they are approximately half of what they were before, which might...