Family history of cancer: Is it an accurate indicator of cancer risk in the immigrant population?

Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 399-406

  Orom, Heather ^a,b   Coté, Michele L ^a   González, Hector M ^a   Underwood III, Willie ^a   Schwartz, Ann G ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emigration; Ethnic group; Immigration; Neoplasm; Prevention and control; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK;

EID: 38049091937     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23173     Document Type: Article

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