Secular trends in cancer mortality among Japanese immigrants in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, 1979-2001

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Mameri, Cecilia Polidoro ^b   Hamada, Gerson Shigueaki ^c   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b State System Foundation for Statistical Data Analysis (SEADE)   (Brazil)

^c Nikkei Disease Prevention Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cancer; Immigrants; Japan; Mortality; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; COLON CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; JAPANESE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37349068804     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32811080df     Document Type: Article

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