Trends in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in New South Wales, 1973-1992

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 178-181

  Bell, Jane C ^a,b,c,f   McCredie, Margaret ^a,b   Coates, Marylon S ^a,d   Armstrong, Bruce K ^a,e  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b Epidemiology Unit   (Australia)

^c NSW Newborn Screening   (Australia)

^d New S Wales Central Cancer Registry   (Australia)

^e Cancer Control Information Centre   (Australia)

^f Research and Evaluation Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; OCCULT BLOOD; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0031041622     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb140070.x     Document Type: Article

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