Educational inequality in cancer mortality: a record linkage study of over 35 million Italians.

Gianfranco AlicandroLuisa FrovaGabriella SebastianiIman El SayedPaolo BoffettaCarlo La Vecchia

Published in: Cancer causes & control : CCC (2017)

Education is inversely associated with total cancer mortality, and the association was stronger in men. Different patterns and trends in tobacco smoking in men and women account for at least most of the gender differences.

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