Open AccessCancer among American-Samoans: Site-Specific Incidence in California and Hawaii
Author(s) -
Shiraz I. Mishra,
Pat H. Luce-Aoelua,
Lynne R. Wilkens,
Leslie Bernstein
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/25.4.713
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , cancer , cancer incidence , epidemiology , gerontology , demography , pathology , physics , sociology , optics
There is a paucity of data about cancer among American-Samoans, the largest Pacific Islander group after Hawaiians. This study provides the first data on the incidence and relative risk for all cancers among American-Samoans on the US mainland and in Hawaii.
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