Cancer patterns among Vietnamese immigrants in Los Angeles County.

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Published in Br J Cancer on July 01, 1991

Authors

R K Ross1, L Bernstein, N M Hartnett, J R Boone

Author Affiliations

1: Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033.

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