A cross-national perspective of migration and cancer: incidence of five major cancer types among resettlers from the former Soviet Union in Germany and ethnic Germans in Russia

A cross-national perspective of migration and cancer: incidence of five major cancer types among resettlers from the former Soviet Union in Germany and ethnic Germans in Russia

Abstract Background Few studies compared cancer incidence among migrants both to their host countries and to their population of origin. We aimed to compare cancer incidence of ethnic Germans who migrated from the former Soviet Union to Germany (resettlers) to those living in Russia as well as to th...

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Main Authors: Philipp Jaehn, Simone Kaucher, Lidia V. Pikalova, Sofia Mazeina, Hiltraud Kajüter, Heiko Becher, Mikhail Valkov, Volker Winkler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Migrants
Germany
Russia
Cancer
Epidemiology
Health transition
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-6058-6

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