Investigating cervical, oesophageal and colon cancer risk and survival among migrants in the Netherlands

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 867-873

  Arnold, Melina ^a   Aarts, Mieke Josepha ^b   Van Der Aa, Maaike ^c   Visser, Otto ^c   Coebergh, Jan Willem ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Registration and Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884999048     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks146     Document Type: Article

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