Liver cancer in Asian migrants to the United States and their descendants

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-350

  Rosenblatt, Karin A ^a   Weiss, Noel S ^b   Schwartz, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Chinese Americans; Incidence rates; Japanese Americans; Liver neoplasms; Migrants; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFLATOXINS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOGENS; CHINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0029945545     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052940     Document Type: Article

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