Cervical, endometrial and ovarian cancers among immigrants in Sweden: Importance of age at migration and duration of residence

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-118

  Beiki, Omid ^a,b   Allebeck, Peter ^a,c   Nordqvist, Tobias ^c   Moradi, Tahereh ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emigration and immigration; Endometrial neoplasm; Gynaecologic neoplasm; Ovarian neoplasm; Risk; Sweden; Uterine cervical neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; OVARY CANCER; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; IRAQ; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLAND; REGISTRIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57749195107     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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