Small-area data on socioeconomic status and immigrant groups for evaluating equity of early cancer detection and care

Ulf Str€ omberg, Brandon L. Parkes, Amir Baigi, Carl Bonander, Anders Holm en, Stefan Peterson and Fr ed eric B. Piel School of Public Health, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Research and Development, Region Halland, Halmstad, Sweden; UK Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Regional Cancer Centre South, Lund, Sweden; MRC Centre for Environment & Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Environmental Exposures and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK

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