Cancer of mouth, pharynx and nasopharynx in Asian and Chinese immigrants resident in Thames regions

Oral Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 471-475

  Warnakulasuriya, K A A S ^a   Johnson, N W ^a   Linklater, K M ^a   Bell, J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian; Cancer incidence; Chinese; Head and neck; Immigrants; Oral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHINESE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ASIA; CHINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032798841     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-8375(99)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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