Cancer Epidemiology Among Asian Americans
. Ed(S): Wu, Anna; Stram, Daniel O.
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Description for Cancer Epidemiology Among Asian Americans
Hardback. Editor(s): Wu, Anna; Stram, Daniel O. Num Pages: 303 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 28 colour illustrations, 50 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 619.
Cancer Epidemiology in Asian Americans is a comprehensive volume that provides the most current research on cancer etiology within this fast growing population sub-group in the United States. The book explores epidemiologic methods that are typically used in migrant studies, providing descriptive epidemiology of cancer patterns separately in Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and other Asian ethnic groups including Asian Indians, Koreans, Vietnamese, and other Southeast Asians. A major focus of the volume provides reviews of analytic risk factors for specific cancer sites including lung, colorectal, prostate, breast, liver and more. These chapters aim to explain the increases or decreases in incidence ... Read more
Cancer Epidemiology in Asian Americans is a comprehensive volume that provides the most current research on cancer etiology within this fast growing population sub-group in the United States. The book explores epidemiologic methods that are typically used in migrant studies, providing descriptive epidemiology of cancer patterns separately in Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and other Asian ethnic groups including Asian Indians, Koreans, Vietnamese, and other Southeast Asians. A major focus of the volume provides reviews of analytic risk factors for specific cancer sites including lung, colorectal, prostate, breast, liver and more. These chapters aim to explain the increases or decreases in incidence ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319411163
SKU
V9783319411163
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Wu, Anna; Stram, Daniel O.
Anna H. Wu, Ph.D, is Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at USC and co-Leader of the Cancer Control Program at the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Wu's research focuses on the epidemiology of cancer in Asian migrants to the United States. She is on the editorial board of journals including ... Read more
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