Cancers of the prostate and breast among japanese and white immigrants in los angeles county

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 963-966

  Shimizu, H ^a   Ross, R K ^b   Bernstein, L ^b   Henderson, B E ^b   Mack, T M ^b   Yatani, R ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASOID RACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025769201     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1991.210     Document Type: Article

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