Cancer incidence among Canadian immigrants, 1980-1998: results from a national cohort study.

Canadian immigrants have lower overall cancer risk than the Canadian-born population. Less is known about risks for immigrant subgroups and site-specific cancers. Linked administrative data sets were used to compare cancer incidence between subgroups of immigrants to Canada and the general Canadian population.

Disparities in mortality patterns among Canadian immigrants and refugees, 1980-1998: results of a national cohort study.

This study examines mortality patterns among Canadian immigrants, including both refugees and non-refugees, 1980-1998. Records of a stratified random sample of Canadian immigrants landing between 1980-1990 (N = 369,936) were probabilistically linked to mortality data (1980-1998). Mortality rates among immigrants were compared to those of the general Canadian population, stratifying by age, sex, immigration category, region of birth and time in Canada.

A cancer incidence and mortality study of Dow Chemical Canada Inc. manufacturing sites.

Background: Previously, the mortality was reported in a cohort of male workers at an Ontario chemical plant.

Aims: To expand the cohort and to investigate the mortality and cancer incidence risk among chemical manufacturing sites.

Methods: We followed 5277 men and 1301 women from 1950 to 1999.