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Migration Patterns and Breast Cancer Risk in Asian-American Women

JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 1993 · Vol. 85(22) · pp. 1819–1827

Regina G. Ziegler✉Robert N. Hoover(Cancer Institute (WIA))Malcolm C. Pike(University of Southern California)Allan Hildesheim(Cancer Institute (WIA))Abraham M. Y. Nomura(Cancer Center of Hawaii)Dee W. West(Northern California Research)A. H. Wu-Williams(University of Southern California)Laurence N. Kolonel(University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)Pamela L. Horn‐Ross(Northern California Research)Jeanne F. Rosenthal(Westat (United States))Marianne Hyer(Information Management Services)

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Abstract

Because heterogeneity in breast cancer risk in these ethnic populations is similar to that in international comparisons and because analytic epidemiologic studies offer the opportunity to disentangle correlated exposures, this study should provide new insights into the etiology of breast cancer.

Nutritional Studies and Diet Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Air Quality and Health ImpactsEpidemiologyBreast cancerCancerMedicineLibrary scienceGerontologyHistoryDemographyFamily medicineSociology

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AdultAge FactorsAsianBreast NeoplasmsChinaEmigration and ImmigrationFemaleHumansJapanLife StyleMiddle AgedPhilippinesRisk FactorsRural HealthUnited States

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