Cancer among American-Samoans: Site-specific incidence in California and Hawaii

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 713-721

  Mishra, Shiraz I ^a,e   Luce Aoelua, Pat ^b   Wilkens, Lynne R ^c   Bernstein, Leslie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Office of Samoan Affairs   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Samoan; Anglo; Cancer; Hawaiian; Incidence; Polynesian; Relative risk; Site specific

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COLON CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER;

AMERICAN-SAMOANS; CANCER INCIDENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

USA, CALIFORNIA; USA, HAWAII;

EID: 0029663648     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.4.713     Document Type: Article

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