Cancer risk in a cohort of Danes working in Greenland

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-49

  Nielsen, Lone G ^a   Frisch, Morten ^a   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cervical cancer; leukemia; lymphoma; malignant melanoma; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; salivary gland neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 26444479796     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349489702500110     Document Type: Article

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