Risk of cancer in migrants and their descendants in israel: I. Leukaemias and lymphomas

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 649-653

  Iscovich, J ^a   Parkin, D M ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; CHILD; EUROPE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOMA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0030887767     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970317)70:6<649::AID-IJC4>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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