Correction to: British Journal of Cancer (2002) 87, 301–308. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600451

In the sixth line of the abstract, the confidence interval in relation to personal income is incorrect. It should read:

OR=0.4, 95% CI 0.3–0.7; P<0.001.

It is correctly stated later in the text.

The authors apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.