Geoethnic-sensitive and cross-culture collaborative epidemiological studies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-180

  Lam, T H ^a   Leung, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STATISTICS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COSMIC RADIATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PANCREAS CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0037769635     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg067     Document Type: Editorial

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