Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 8-10 , February 2012

Time trends and age–period–cohort analyses on incidence rates of nasopharyngeal carcinoma during 1993–2007 in Wuhan, China

  • Shao-Hua Xie

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Jie Gong

      Affiliations

    • Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Nian-Nian Yang

      Affiliations

    • Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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  • Lap-Ah Tse

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • Ya-Qiong Yan

      Affiliations

    • Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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  • Ignatius Tak-Sun Yu

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China. Tel.: +852 22528773; fax: +852 26063500.

Received 7 March 2011 ,Revised 13 June 2011 ,Accepted 13 July 2011.

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    Age-standardized incidence rates of nasopharyngeal carcinoma among males and females in Wuhan, China during 1993–2007, using WHO World Standard Population 2000 as the reference.

    Age-standardized incidence rates of nasopharyngeal carcinoma among males and females in Wuhan, China during 1993–2007, using WHO World Standard Population 2000 as the reference.

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    Cohort and period effects obtained from age–cohort and age–period analyses for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Wuhan, China during 1993–2007.

    Cohort and period effects obtained from age–cohort and age–period analyses for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Wuhan, China during 1993–2007.

PII: S1877-7821(11)00115-9

doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.07.002

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 8-10 , February 2012