The Inuit cancer pattern - The influence of migration

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2568-2572

  Boysen, Trine ^a   Friborg, Jeppe ^a   Andersen, Andreas ^a   Poulsen, Gry Nilsson ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Inuit; Migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; DENMARK; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MIGRATION; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42549168542     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23367     Document Type: Article

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