Hodgkin's lymphoma in Chinese migrants to British Columbia: A 25-year survey

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 626-630

  Au, Wing Y ^a,b   Gascoyne, R D ^a   Gallagher, R E ^a   Le, N ^a   Klasa, R D ^a   Liang, R H S ^b   Choy, C ^b   Foo, W ^c   Connors, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Hodgkin's lymphoma; Incidence; Migration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 2342430765     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh132     Document Type: Article

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