Cancer incidence in the Hmong of central California, United States, 1987-94

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 706-712

  Mills, Paul K ^a   Yang, Richard ^a  

^a 1320 East Shaw Avenue   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Hmong; Registry; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEUKEMIA; LIVER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; STOMACH; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030870594     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018423219749     Document Type: Article

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