Surgery for colorectal cancer: Race-related differences in rates and survival among medicare beneficiaries

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 582-586

  Cooper, Gregory S ^a   Yuan, Zhong ^b   Landefeld, C Seth ^a   Rimm, Alfred A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029915645     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.4.582     Document Type: Article

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