Cancer incidence patterns (1972-91) among migrants from the Soviet Union to Israel

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Iscovich, Jose ^a   Howe, Geoffrey R ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Immigration; Incidence; Israel; Neoplasms; Soviet Union

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLON CANCER; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; ISRAEL; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; USSR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; USSR;

EID: 0031984977     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008893102428     Document Type: Article

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