The incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and its histologic subtypes in Asian migrants to the United States and their descendants

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 224-230

  Herrinton, Lisa J ^a   Goldoft, Marcia ^b   Schwartz, Stephen M ^c,d   Weiss, Noel S ^c,d  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; China; Japan; migrants; non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Philippines; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029922531     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051298     Document Type: Article

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