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An Inquiry into the Relation between Social Status and Cancer Mortality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. W. Brown  and
Mohan Lal
J. W. Brown
Affiliation:
From the Statistical Department of the Lister Institute.
Mohan Lal
Affiliation:
From the Statistical Department of the Lister Institute.
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Considerable difference of opinion has existed as to whether the incidence of cancer is at all affected by the habits of life of different classes of the community. There is of course no doubt that in certain occupations particular forms of malignant disease are exceptionally prevalent, the case of chimney sweeps being notorious; but the more general question as to the incidence on large groups of occupations has not been so definitely determined. The present research was suggested by the apparently contradictory results obtained by Heron from his study of London statistics, and by Maynard from an analysis of United States data.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , July 1914 , pp. 186 - 200
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1914

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