Cancer incidence in British Indians and British whites in Leicester, 2001-2006

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-148

  Ali, R ^a,b   Barnes, I ^b   Kan, S W ^a   Beral, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethnicity; Hospital Episode Statistics; incidence; Indians; migrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954177546     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605744     Document Type: Article

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