title: Does the risk of stomach cancer remain among second-generation immigrants in Sweden?
abstract: The observed increased risks of noncardia stomach cancer among foreign-born second-generation immigrants compared to the Swedes suggest that these immigrants were infected by Helicobacter pylori before immigration.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), CO50, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. m.mousavi@dkfz.de
authors.forename: Seyed Mohsen
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mousavi
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sundquist
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hemminki
mesh_terms: D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012306:Risk; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology