Mortality from cancer among ethnic German immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, in Germany

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2577-2584

  Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a   Ronellenfitsch, Ulrich ^a   Razum, Oliver ^a   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancers; Ethnicity; Germany; Immigration; Mortality; Soviet Union

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; USSR;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; USSR;

EID: 33748974193     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.03.032     Document Type: Article

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