Cancer incidence among Turkish, Chilean, and North African first-generation immigrants in Sweden compared with residents in the countries of origin and native Swedes

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

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

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; Chile; immigrants; incidence; North Africa; residents; Sweden; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILE; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; SWEDEN; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AFRICA, NORTHERN; CHILE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION GROUPS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; TURKEY;

EID: 84870976604     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3283552e4d     Document Type: Article

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