Risk of cervical cancer among immigrants by age at immigration and follow-up time in Sweden, from 1968 to 2004

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2664-2670

  Azerkan, Fatima ^a   Zendehdel, Kazem ^a,b   Tillgren, Per ^a,c   Faxelid, Elisabeth ^a   Sparén, Pär ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Invasive cervical cancer; Risk; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57349119026     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23843     Document Type: Article

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