Cancer risks in Nairobi (2000–2014) by ethnic group

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 788-797

  Korir, Anne ^a   Yu Wang, Emma ^b   Sasieni, Peter ^b   Okerosi, Nathan ^a   Ronoh, Victor ^a   Maxwell Parkin, D ^c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; ethnicity; Nairobi; population based registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BANTU PEOPLE; BLACK PERSON; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KALENJIN (PEOPLE); KAMBA (PEOPLE); KAPOSI SARCOMA; KENYA; KIKUYU (PEOPLE); LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SOMALI (PEOPLE); STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; AFRICA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85005900921     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30502     Document Type: Article

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