Does the risk of stomach cancer remain among second-generation immigrants in Sweden?

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-215

  Mousavi, Seyed Mohsen ^a,b   Sundquist, Kristina ^c   Hemminki, Kari ^a,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Infection; Risk; Second generation immigrants; Stomach; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECOND GENERATION IMMIGRANT; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; SWEDEN;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84861530677     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: 14363305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-011-0096-3     Document Type: Article

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