Understanding sociohistorical imprint on cancer risk by age-period-cohort decomposition in Hong Kong

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 596-603

  Wong, Irene O L ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Law, Stephen C K ^b   Mang, Oscar W K ^b   Schooling, C Mary ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; POISSON RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR;

COHORT STUDIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77955615002     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.080788     Document Type: Article

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