Survival after colon cancer 1973-1990 in Sweden: Convergence between catchment areas

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 208-216

  Blomqvist, Paul ^a   Ekbom, Anders ^a,b   Nyrén, Olof ^a   Krusemo, Ullabrith ^c   Bergström, Reinhold ^a,c   Adami, Hans Olov ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SWEDEN;

AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031049030     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199702000-00009     Document Type: Article

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