Cancer mortality in ethnic South Asian migrants in England and Wales (1993-2003): Patterns in the overall population and in first and subsequent generations

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1438-1443

  Mangtani, P ^a   Maringe, C ^a   Rachet, B ^a   Coleman, M P ^a   Dos Santos Silva, I ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian continental ancestry group; Cancer mortality; Health transition; Migrants: England and Wales

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BANGLADESH; CANCER MORTALITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; WALES;

EID: 77951672576     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605645     Document Type: Article

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