The incidence of gastric carcinoma in Asian migrants to the United States and their descendants

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-83

  Kamineni, Aruna ^a,b   Williams, Michelle A ^a,b   Schwartz, Stephen M ^a,b   Cook, Linda S ^a   Weiss, Noel S ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Gastric carcinoma; Japan; Migrant; Subsite; The Philippines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033044725     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008849014992     Document Type: Article

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