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International Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/ije/dym249
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2007; all rights reserved.

Commentary: Cancer incidence among Asian Indians in India and abroad

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan

Screening Group, World Health Organization-International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France. E-mail: sankar@iarc.fr

Accepted 19 November 2007

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Increased migration is a reality in the world and migration has social, cultural, political and economic consequences impacting the health of migrant communities. Studying the impact of migration on health in general, on cancer and other chronic diseases in particular, can offer important information on the role of environmental and ethnic factors in disease aetiology. Although there are some difficulties in differentiating the influences of environmental risk factors from those of genetic racial factors, the information can be used to develop aetiological studies and cancer control interventions. Studies on cancer incidence rates among Japanese in Japan . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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