Screening endoscopy and risk of colorectal cancer in United States men

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 455-462

  Kavanagh, Anne M ^c   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,b   Fuchs, Charles S ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Anti Cancer Council of Victoria   (Australia)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Men; Screening endoscopy; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031663533     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008884021049     Document Type: Article

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