Cancer incidence in the middle eastern population of California, 1988-2004

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-411

  Nasseri, Kiumarss ^a   Mills, Paul K ^a   Allan, Mark ^a  

^a Public Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Cancer incidence; Ethnic studies; Middle eastern immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARABS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 44449164103     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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