Cancer pattern among Greenlandic Inuit migrants in Denmark, 1968-1982.

For several cancer sites the incidence among Inuit (Eskimos) in Alaska, Canada and Greenland differs markedly from that in non-Inuit in adjacent areas. This is the first study of Inuit migrants. Among 11,571 Inuit Greenlandic people living in Denmark in the period 1968-1982 we found 69 cases of canc...

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Autores principales: Prener, A., Nielsen, N. H., Hansen, J. P., Jensen, O. M.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 1987
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3426936
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Nielsen, N. H.
Hansen, J. P.
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description For several cancer sites the incidence among Inuit (Eskimos) in Alaska, Canada and Greenland differs markedly from that in non-Inuit in adjacent areas. This is the first study of Inuit migrants. Among 11,571 Inuit Greenlandic people living in Denmark in the period 1968-1982 we found 69 cases of cancer. Significantly increased risks compared to the Danish population were found for cancer of the rectum (RR = 5.5) in males and for nasopharyngeal cancer (RR = 185.2) and cancer of the cervix uteri (RR = 1.9). The significance of these findings in relation to the role of environmental factors in the aetiology of cancer in Inuit is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-20018982009-09-10 Cancer pattern among Greenlandic Inuit migrants in Denmark, 1968-1982. Prener, A. Nielsen, N. H. Hansen, J. P. Jensen, O. M. Br J Cancer Research Article For several cancer sites the incidence among Inuit (Eskimos) in Alaska, Canada and Greenland differs markedly from that in non-Inuit in adjacent areas. This is the first study of Inuit migrants. Among 11,571 Inuit Greenlandic people living in Denmark in the period 1968-1982 we found 69 cases of cancer. Significantly increased risks compared to the Danish population were found for cancer of the rectum (RR = 5.5) in males and for nasopharyngeal cancer (RR = 185.2) and cancer of the cervix uteri (RR = 1.9). The significance of these findings in relation to the role of environmental factors in the aetiology of cancer in Inuit is discussed. Nature Publishing Group 1987-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2001898/ /pubmed/3426936 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Cancer pattern among Greenlandic Inuit migrants in Denmark, 1968-1982.
title Cancer pattern among Greenlandic Inuit migrants in Denmark, 1968-1982.
title_full Cancer pattern among Greenlandic Inuit migrants in Denmark, 1968-1982.
title_fullStr Cancer pattern among Greenlandic Inuit migrants in Denmark, 1968-1982.
title_full_unstemmed Cancer pattern among Greenlandic Inuit migrants in Denmark, 1968-1982.
title_short Cancer pattern among Greenlandic Inuit migrants in Denmark, 1968-1982.
title_sort cancer pattern among greenlandic inuit migrants in denmark, 1968-1982.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3426936
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