Changing disease patterns in South Asians in the UK

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 254-255

  Zaman, M Justin S ^a   Mangtani, Punam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH CANCER; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34347233064     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.100.6.254     Document Type: Editorial

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