Cancer incidence patterns in Koreans in the US and in Kangwha, South Korea

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-174

  Gomez, Scarlett Lin ^a,b   Le, Gem M ^a   Clarke, Christina A ^a   Glaser, Sally L ^a   France, Anne Marie ^a   West, Dee W ^a  

^a NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Korean; Migrant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLON CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SOUTH KOREA; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038637763     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023046121214     Document Type: Article

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