Space-time clustering of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Greenland Eskimos

• Main Authors: H. Albeckl, M. Coleman, N. H. Nielsen, H. S. Hansen, J. P. H. Hansen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Clifford; Greenland; eskimo*; inuits
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.278.8224

Evidence of epidemicity of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) was sought in Greenland Inuits, who have a high incidence of this cancer, by examining the births of NPC cases for evidence of clustering in time and space. Births of cases were concentrated in autumn and winter. Fifty-four cases were analyse...