Gallstones, Cholecystectomy, and Colorectal Cancer

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1994-1998

  McFarlane, Michael J ^a,b   Welch, kathryn E ^a,b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 0027493345     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1993.tb07447.x     Document Type: Article

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