Trends in cancer mortality rates among migrants in Australia: 1981-2007

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Anikeeva, Olga ^a   Bi, Peng ^a   Hiller, Janet E ^b   Ryan, Philip ^a   Roder, David ^c   Han, Gil Soo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Neoplasms; Transients and migrants; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EASTERN EUROPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STOMACH CANCER; TRACHEA CANCER; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858797789     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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