Changes in lung cancer incidence in South Asians in Leicester, 1990-2005

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-235

  Day, M ^a   Poole, J ^a   Bennett, J A ^b   Peake, M D ^b  

^a Trent Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Leicester; Lung cancer; South Asians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTER; RISK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK;

EID: 77953013911     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp090     Document Type: Article

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