High risk of lymphomas in children of Asian origin: Ethnicity or confounding by socioeconomic status?

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1503-1505

  Varghese, C ^a   Barrett, J H ^a   Johnston, C ^b   Shires, M ^b   Rider, L ^b   Forman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian; Childhood; Ethnicity; Lymphoma; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029844082     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.573     Document Type: Article

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