Socioeconomic position and delays in lung cancer diagnosis: should we target the more deprived?

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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4. Limitations and perceived delays for diagnosis and staging of lung cancer in Portugal: A nationwide survey analysis.PloS one · 2021
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  Socio-economic inequalities in stage at diagnosis, and in time intervals on the lung cancer pathway from first symptom to treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis.2017

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