Esophageal cancer risk among immigrants in Sweden

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-76

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

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; esophagus; immigrants; risk; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BALTIC STATES; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENMARK; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; OBESITY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWEDEN; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 79551542367     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e328341e2f6     Document Type: Article

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