McMichael A J, Giles G G
Department of Community Medicine, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
Cancer Res. 1988 Feb 1;48(3):751-6.
Australia experienced a large influx of European migrants during the period 1950-1975. The descriptive epidemiological data on cancer rates within the major migrant groups, reviewed here, provide strong evidence of environmental and behavioral influences on the etiology of various cancers. The opportunity to extend the conventional type of data analysis, to include an examination of the effect of duration of residence upon cancer risk, provides further insight into cancer etiology. The possibilities of further exploring the descriptive data are also discussed, and both the desirability and the timeliness of mounting analytical studies of the Southern European migrants to Australia are emphasized.
1950年至1975年期间，澳大利亚经历了大量欧洲移民的涌入。本文回顾的主要移民群体癌症发病率的描述性流行病学数据，为环境和行为对各种癌症病因的影响提供了有力证据。扩展传统数据分析类型以考察居住时间对癌症风险影响的机会，为癌症病因提供了进一步的见解。本文还讨论了进一步探索描述性数据的可能性，并强调了对澳大利亚南欧移民开展分析性研究的必要性和及时性。
