Trends in breast cancer incidence in Hong Kong between 1973 and 1999: An age-period-cohort analysis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 982-988

  Leung, G M ^a,e   Thach, T Q ^a   Lam, T H ^a   Hedley, A J ^a   Foo, W ^b,e   Fielding, R ^a   Yip, P S F ^c   Lau, E M C ^d,e   Wong, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (China)

Author keywords

Age period cohort; Breast cancer; Hong Kong; Incidence; Poisson distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037152657     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600583     Document Type: Article

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