Colorectal cancer incidence and survival among Alaska Natives, 1969-1993

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 388-396

  Brown, Maureen O ^a   Lanier, Anne P ^b   Becker, Thomas M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Alaska Area Native Health Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; Colorectal neoplasms; Cross cultural comparison

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; WASHINGTON;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031818397     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.3.388     Document Type: Article

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