Advanced presentation of lung cancer in Asian immigrants: A case-control study

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Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1938-1943

  Finlay, Geraldine A ^a   Joseph, Brenda ^a   Rodrigues, Cynthia R ^a   Griffith, John ^a   White, Alexander C ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian immigrants; Lung cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER CENTER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036928671     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.6.1938     Document Type: Article

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