Analyzing excess mortality from cancer among individuals with mental illness

BACKGROUND The objective was to compare patterns of site‐specific cancer mortality in a population of individuals with and without mental illness. METHODS This was a cross‐sectional, population‐based study using a linked data set comprised of death certificate data for the state of Ohio for the year...

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Published in:	Cancer Vol. 119; no. 13; pp. 2469 - 2476
Main Authors:	Musuuza, Jackson S., Sherman, Marion E., Knudsen, Kraig J., Sweeney, Helen Anne, Tyler, Carl V., Koroukian, Siran M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, NJ Wiley-Blackwell 01.07.2013
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged all‐cancer mortality Biological and medical sciences Black or African American - statistics & numerical data Child Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Epidemiology excess mortality Female Hepatitis, Chronic - diagnosis Hepatitis, Chronic - therapy Humans Infant Male Mass Screening Medical sciences Mental Disorders - complications Mental Disorders - epidemiology mental illness Middle Aged Neoplasms - complications Neoplasms - etiology Neoplasms - mortality Ohio - epidemiology Risk Factors site‐specific cancer mortality Smoking Cessation Substance-Related Disorders - prevention & control Substance-Related Disorders - therapy Tumors United States North America America Ohio Human mental illness Mortality Mental health excess mortality all-cancer mortality site-specific cancer mortality Malignant tumor Epidemiology Site specificity Cancerology Cross sectional study Mental disorder Public health Cancer
ISSN:	0008-543X, 1097-0142, 1097-0142
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