Cancer incidence among Iranian immigrants in Sweden and Iranian residents compared to the native Swedish population

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 599-605

  Mousavi, Seyed Mohsen ^a   Brandt, Andreas ^a   Weires, Marianne ^a   Ji, Jianguang ^b   Sundquist, Jan ^b,d   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Immigration; Incidence; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SWEDEN; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149176676     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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