Liver and gallbladder cancer in immigrants to Sweden

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 926-931

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

^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

Biliary tract; Cancer incidence; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver flukes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349092850     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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