The effect of migration on cancer incidence among Japanese in Hawaii

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 431-439

  Maskarinec, Gettraud ^a   Noh, Jihae J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Ecologic studies; Ethnic groups; Migration; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4344580503     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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