Cancer profile of migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany: Incidence and mortality

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1873-1879

  Winkler, Volker ^a   Ott, Jördis J ^a   Holleczek, Bernd ^b   Stegmaier, Christa ^b   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Cancer mortality; Cohort study; Germany; Migrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; USSR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71349087729     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9381-4     Document Type: Article

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