@article{15339,
  keywords = {Alcohol Drinking, Asbestos, Continental Population Groups, Diet, Epidemiologic Methods, Female, Hawaii, Humans, Japan, leprosy, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Neoplasms, Occupational Diseases, Smoking, Time Factors},
  author = {Hirohata T and Kolonel L and Nomura A},
  title = {Epidemiologic cancer research programs of the Cancer Center of Hawaii.},
  abstract = {<p>Ongoing epidemiologic cancer research programs are described. These programs were developed by the Epidemiology and Demography Unit, Cancer Center of Hawaii, established in July 1974. During the 15-month period prior to the Pacific Basin Conference, many epidemiologic projects were initiated. Major descriptive, epidemiologic studies were undertaken: a) cancer mortality among the Japanese in Hawaii, adjusted by prefecture-of-origin; b) time trend of mortality rates for 80 causes between 1910--70; c) evaluation of race classification in Hawaii; d) survival analysis; and e) increased lung cancer rates among Japanese migrants in relation to smoking. Major analytic, epidemiologic studies were as follows: a) an international case-control study on breast cancer in relation to diet and exogenous estrogens; b) association between height and weight and various types of cancer; c) a follow-up study of about 9,000 shipyard workers exposed to asbestos; d) an epidemiologic survey on a 2- to 3-% sample population of Hawaii; and e) a follow-up study on leprosy patients in relation to their risks for cancer.</p>},
  year = {1977},
  journal = {National Cancer Institute monograph},
  volume = {47},
  pages = {67-70},
  month = {1977 Dec},
  issn = {0083-1921},
  language = {eng},
}