Why do black Americans have a higher risk of pancreatic cancer than white Americans?

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-54

  Silverman, Debra T ^a   Hoover, Robert N ^a   Brown, Linda M ^a   Swanson, G Marie ^b   Schiffman, Marie ^a   Greenberg, Raymond S ^c   Hayes, Richard B ^a   Lillemoe, Keith D ^d   Schoenberg, Janet B ^e   Schwartz, Ann G ^b   Liff, Jonathan ^c   Pottern, Linda M ^a   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Body mass index; Cigarette smoking; Diabetes mellitus; Pancreatic neoplasm; Race; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TUMOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0037209163     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200301000-00013     Document Type: Article

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