Cancer risk among Scandinavian immigrants in the US and Scandinavian residents compared with US whites, 1973-89

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-125

  Moradi, T ^a,b   Delfino, R J ^c   Bergstrom S R ^a,d   Yu, E S H ^b   Adami, H O ^a,e   Yuen, J ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Immigrants; Scandinavian; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMIGRANT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; STOMACH CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031956611     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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