Cancer occurrence in Southeast Asian children in California

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 613-618

  Ducore, Jonathan M ^a   Parikh Patel, Arti ^b,c   Gold, Ellen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c California Cancer Registry   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Cancer incidence; Children; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISPANIC; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 5344221665     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000140652.73214.0b     Document Type: Article

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