Cancer incidence in the south Asian population of England (1990-92)

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 645-654

  Winter, H ^a   Cheng, K K ^a   Cummins, C ^a   Maric, R ^a   Silcocks, P ^b   Varghese, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; England; Migrants; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; TONGUE CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032928364     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690102     Document Type: Article

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