Incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Chinese immigrants, compared with Chinese in China and South East Asia: Review

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1067-1074

  Yu, W M ^a   Hussain, S S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Carcinogenesis; China; Emigration And Immigration; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EMBASE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450253430     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215109005623     Document Type: Review

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