Unemployment and cancer: a literature review.
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Summary
As the excess lung cancer risk among unemployed men remains after controlling for social class, it seems unlikely that it can be explained only by differences in smoking prior to unemployment.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 1997-01-01
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 21
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Keywords
Unemployment, Lung cancer, Socioeconomic status, Social class, Excess mortality
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