Assessing the oral cancer risk of South-Asian immigrants in New York City

Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 2959-2961

  Ahluwalia, Kavita P ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training; Cross sectional study; Oral cancer; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

BETEL NUT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MOUTH CANCER; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 29144488390     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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