Incidence of thyroid cancer in England by ethnic group, 2001-2007

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1322-1327

  Finlayson, A ^a   Barnes, I ^a   Sayeed, S ^a   McIver, B ^b   Beral, V ^a   Ali, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

England; Ethnic; Incidence; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; AFRICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE; BANGLADESH; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; INCOME; INDIAN; PAKISTANI;

ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84895781805     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.4     Document Type: Article

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