Cancer risks in Nordic immigrants and their offspring in Sweden

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2428-2434

  Hemminki, Kari ^a   Li, X ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Environmental factors; Heritable factors; Lung cancer; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABIT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SWEDEN; TESTIS CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

DENMARK; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PEDIGREE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036893566     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(02)00496-3     Document Type: Article

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