The education gradient in cancer screening participation: a consistent phenomenon across Europe?
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- 23 October 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 63 (1) , 93-103
Abstract
To extend the literature on educational inequalities in cancer screening participation (1) by simultaneously focusing on participation in screening for cervical, breast and colorectal cancer across 27 European countries and (2) by statistically testing whether these educational inequalities vary according to country-specific screening strategies: organised or opportunistic.Keywords
Funding Information
- Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds (BOFDoc2016001401)
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